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The markhor is the national animal of Pakistan. [37] It was one of the 72 animals featured on the World Wide Fund for Nature Conservation Coin Collection in 1976. Markhor marionettes are used in the Afghan puppet shows known as buz-baz. The markhor has also been mentioned in a Pakistani computer-animated film known as Allahyar and the Legend of ...
Sardar Naseer Ahmad Khan Tareen The Markhor hero of Balochistan [1] ( 1936-2020) was a well-known Pashtun tribal chieftain, and a social activist and public philanthropist from Baluchistan, Pakistan. [2]
The Kabul markhor (Capra falconeri megaceros) is a subspecies of Markhor. This near-threatened goat-antelope is native to Afghanistan and Pakistan . Taxon identifiers
International Markhor Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 2 May 2024. [4] The resolution was sponsored by Pakistan and eight other countries. [2] The day was chosen to recognize the Markhor, a breed of wild goat indigenous to the highlands of Central and South Asia.
The Astor markhor lives in the scrubland and open woodland that clothe the rugged slopes of the mountains among which it lives at altitudes of up to 3,600 m (11,800 ft). It seldom goes above the tree line; in summer it feeds largely on grasses and leaves but in winter it mainly browses on shrubs and woody material. One or two kids are born ...
The movie was produced by 3rd World Studios, for which the studio was awarded a dev grant by Epic Games. [4] It is the first movie produced entirely in Unreal Engine. [5] The first song of the movie, a rendition of Zohaib Hassan's 1982 song "Muskuraye Ja", song by Natasha Humera Ejaz and produced by Ahmed Ali, was officially released on 13 January 2018.
The Kashmir markhor, Pir Panjal markhor, or flare-horned markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis) is a possible subspecies of Capra falconeri endemic to the Western Himalayas of India and Pakistan. Many, including the IUCN, do not consider it a separate subspecies. [2] These markhors are hunted as part of a community-based hunting program.
Presently, the markhor population in the country has surged to a range of 3,500 to 4,000 individuals, in contrast to the figures of 1,500 to 2,000 noted in 2001. Within the framework of the trophy hunting initiative, indigenous communities are allocated 80% of the license fees, while the remaining portion is retained by the government.