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title: "East Caucasian Tur"
description: "Capra cylindricornis — Zoogdieren. The East Caucasian tur (Capra cylindricornis) is a mountain-dwelling caprine living in the eastern half of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and European Russia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/east-caucasian-tur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# East Caucasian Tur

> Capra cylindricornis — Zoogdieren. The East Caucasian tur (Capra cylindricornis) is a mountain-dwelling caprine living in the eastern half of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and European Russia.

- Scientific name: *Capra cylindricornis*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 98
- Wikidata: [Q854788](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q854788)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42355](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42355)

## Names

- en: East Caucasian Tur
- de: Ostkaukasischer Steinbock
- es: Tur del Cáucaso oriental
- fr: Bouquetin oriental
- pl: Koziorożec walcorogi

## Countries with the most observations

GE (59), RU (15), AZ (3)

## Summary

The East Caucasian tur (Capra cylindricornis) is a mountain-dwelling caprine living in the eastern half of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and European Russia. It inhabits rough mountainous terrain, where it eats mainly grasses and leaves. It is listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List.

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

## Photo

![East Caucasian Tur](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/east-caucasian-tur/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42355

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/east-caucasian-tur?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).