Markhor

Do you think I could get a different look and expression from this rather fine and extremely agile animal? No, I was out of luck, ha. Photographed at the Calgary Zoo on 26th September 2011.

"The Markhor (Capra falconeri) is a large species of wild goat that is found in northeastern Afghanistan, Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan, Hunza-Nagar Valley, northern and central Pakistan, and some parts of Jammu and Kashmir), India, southern Tajikistan and southern Uzbekistan. The species is classed by the IUCN as Endangered, as there are fewer than 2,500 mature individuals which continued to decline by an estimated 20% over two generations. The Markhor is the national animal of Pakistan.

The horns of males can grow up to 160 cm (64 inches) long, and up to 25 cm (10 inches) in females.

Markhor live in flocks, usually numbering nine animals, composed of adult females and their young. Adult males are largely solitary."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markhor