North goat Chinese Name: North goat
Shape features: shape of goats and sheep in great shape, body length 115-170 cm, shoulder height of about 100 cm, weight 50 kg. There must be a long chin, male, female short. Tail length 10-20 cm, tail tip brownish black. The limbs slightly shorter, more robust, narrow hooves.
Summer hair: brown hair, abdomen and limbs inside the white hair length and color on the winter.
Angle: male beast and females head horns, the male angle is very developed, the length of about 100 cm, the highest record of 147.3 cm. The angle shape is widened, cross section of approximate triangle, roughness between 25 - 30 cm, there are large angle and obvious Cross Ridge, about 14 of the number 15, although not hover, but also reached the semi circle camber and 2/3 circle, females with small angle.
Distribution: the country is found in Xinjiang, northwest of Tibet, Qinghai, northern Gansu and Western Inner Mongolia province.
Abroad in Afghanistan, Iran, Mongolia, northern Italy, the Caucasus, Siberia, Kashmir, Palestine, Egypt, Arabia, Sultan and Ethiopia and other countries and regions.
Living environment: perched above 3500 - 6000 meters altitude bare rock and gravel rugged mountain areas, winter will not be moved to a very low place, so called as one of the highest position mammals inhabit. But in 2007 in Xinjiang, China, Taishan, the eastern part of the search dry mountain, found that many of the North goat population migration to more than 1000 meters above sea level in winter.
Living habits: very good at climbing and jumping, hoof is very solid, elastic heel and toe joint like pincers, and can freely abandon steep rocks between benz. With all kinds of weeds as food.
In the daytime rest on the bare rock, mountain meadow at morning and evening to low to find food and water. Love group activities, generally 4 - 10, there are dozens or even hundreds of large groups, a robust and strong male beast as leader. It's very high vigilance, when on the prowl to leave only 2-3 females standing sentry, not far from the group of stone, staring around the movement. Once the abnormal situation, the group will immediately take it leisurely and unoppressively climbed to the often precipitous rock faces and sheer cliffs, cliffsman "said the snow leopard is also helpless.