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Class:
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Mammalia
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Order:
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Artiodactyla
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Family:
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Bovidae
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Genus:
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Capra
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Species:
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caucasica
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Life span:
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12 – 13 years
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Gestation:
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150 – 160 days
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Number of young at birth:
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1
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Age of maturity:
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Females: 2 years
Males: 5 years |
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Size:
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5 ft in length, while their horns are 30 in. on average
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Weight:
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143 – 220 lb
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Size at birth:
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Approximetly 9 lb
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| Habitat: | They live in rugged mountain country, rocky crags, and meadows just below the snowline between a half mile to 2.5 miles above sea level. |
| Diet: | Herbivores, feeding on grass and herbs in summer and leaves in winter. Their diet contains over a hundred recorded species of plants. |
| Range: | Central Asia; Western part of the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia and Russia |
Fun Facts:
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For most of the year, females and males live separately in single sex herds. Only during mating season which extends from November to January do mixed herds form.
