page_title: Wild goat
section_title: Distribution and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Wild goat / Distribution and habitat
caption_attribution_description: English: wild goats on the mountains in Kirthar National Park, Sindh, Pakistan.
context_page_description: The wild goat is a wild goat species, inhabiting forests, shrublands and rocky areas ranging from Turkey and the Caucasus in the west to Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the east. It has been listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List and is threatened by destruction and degradation of habitat.
  It is one the ancestors of the domestic goat.
context_section_description: In Turkey, the wild goat occurs in the Aegean, Mediterranean, Black Sea, Southeastern and the Eastern Anatolia Regions up to 4,500 m (14,800 ft) in the Taurus and Anti-Taurus Mountains.
  In the Caucasus, it inhabits montane forests in the river basins of Andi Koysu and its tributaries in Dagestan, Chechnya and Georgia up to 2,700 m (8,900 ft).
  In Armenia, wild goats were recorded in the Zangezur Mountains, in Khosrov State Reserve, and in highlands of the Syunik Province during field surveys from 2006 to 2007.
  In Azerbaijan, wild goats occur in Ordubad National Park, Daralayaz and Murovdag mountain areas in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
  In Iran's Haftad Gholleh Protected Area, wild goat herds live foremost in west-facing areas with rocky substrates, water sources and steep slopes that are far from roads.
  Iraq
  In Turkmenistan, wild goat populations inhabit the mountain ranges of Uly Balkan and Kopet Dag.
  Afghanistan
  In Pakistan, wild goat herds occur in Kirthar National Park.
caption: Sindh ibex in Kirthar National Park
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