The Chiltan ibex or Chiltan goat (Capra aegagrus chialtanensis) is a wild goat endemic to Chiltan, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Description Males are reddish-gray in color. Some males have dark brown or black chests, sometimes a dark shoulder stripe (like Bezoar ibex). Females are reddish-gray with a dark brown dorsal stripe and white legs with a dark brown marking below the knees. Its horns are similar to those of Bezoar ibex; they are flat and sharply curved at front and form a long, open spiral that. Their horns reach a length of 29 inches (73.7 cm), however, the longest of record measured 40 inches (101.6 cm).
Distribution and preservation There were four to five populations in the early 1970s in Chiltan, Mordar, Koh-i-Maran and Koh-i-Gishk. By 1975, the uncontrolled hunting by locals reduced population to 170 in Sulaiman Mountains area (now Hazarganji-Chiltan National Park). By 1990, the population was increased by 480. As of 2023, the population of Chiltan ibex had grown to 2,250 individuals.
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