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title: "Egagro"
description: "Capra aegagrus — Mammiferi. The wild goat (Capra aegagrus) is a goat species, inhabiting forests, shrublands and rocky areas ranging from Turkey and the Caucasus in the west to Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan in the east."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/wild-goat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Egagro

> Capra aegagrus — Mammiferi. The wild goat (Capra aegagrus) is a goat species, inhabiting forests, shrublands and rocky areas ranging from Turkey and the Caucasus in the west to  Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan in the east.

- Scientific name: *Capra aegagrus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 426
- Wikidata: [Q178228](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178228)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74139](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74139)

## Names

- en: Wild Goat
- de: Wildziege
- es: Cabra Salvaje de Persia
- fr: Chèvre égagre
- it: Egagro
- nl: Bezoargeit
- pt: Cabra-selvagem
- pl: Koza bezoarowa

## Countries with the most observations

TR (134), IR (125), AM (83), PK (12), AZ (5), RU (4), GE (3)

## Summary

The wild goat (Capra aegagrus) is a goat species, inhabiting forests, shrublands and rocky areas ranging from Turkey and the Caucasus in the west to  Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan in the east. It has been listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List and is threatened by habitat destruction and degradation.
It is thought to be the ancestor of the domestic goat (C. hircus).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_goat

## Photo

![Egagro](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wild-goat/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199088349

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/wild-goat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).