The Bezoar Ibex is a vulnerable wild goat

Wild Goat

The wild goat is a widespread species of goat, with a distribution ranging from Europe and Asia Minor to central Asia and the Middle East. It is the ancestor of the domestic goat.-Social structure:...

, native to Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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, Armenia

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, Azerbaijan

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, Georgia

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, Iran

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, Russia

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 and Turkey

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. It has been extirpated

Local extinction

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 from Lebanon

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. The Bezoar goat is found in the mountains of Asia Minor and across the Middle East. It is also found on some Aegean Islands and in Crete where it is accepted that the goats constitute relict

Relict

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populations of very early domestic animals that were taken to the Mediterranean islands during the prehistoric period and now live as feral populations. The Bezoar goat, if not the sole progenitor of the modern domestic goat, was at least its main progenitor.