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Pets & Animals > Animal Facts & Resources Animal facts: East Caucasian tur

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A distant cousin of the domestic goat, the eastern caucasian tur belongs to the genus capra along with all goats and ibexes. It is a completely wild species, which for centuries has been hunted for its wool, hide and impressive horns. Shrinking habitat and over-hunting have led to a decrease in population and have forced the IUCN to list the tur as near threatened. The exact wild population is unknown, but a huge decrease from the the 1940s to the 1980s saw numbers cut almost in half from 30,000 down to 18,000. It is a medium-sized mammal that grows to over three feet tall at the shoulder,...

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