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Turkmen wild goat

subspecies of mammal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ7855430 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Turkmen wild goat or bearded goat (Capra aegagrus turcmenica) is a vulnerable sub-species of wild goat native to Iran and Turkmenistan. Turkmen wild goats are present in scattered populations in the central Kopet Dagh along the border between Turkmenistan and Iran between, and in the Large Balkhan (Bolshye) north of Nebit Dagh. It is closely related to domestic goats (Capra aegagrus hircus). As of 1986, their total population was estimated to be 7 000, and decreasing.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Turkmen wild goat” as subspecies of mammal. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Turkmen, wild and goat can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as subspecies of mammal. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7855430. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1986.

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Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Turkmen wild goat” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.