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==Description== Markhor stand {{convert|65|to|115|cm}} at the shoulder, are {{convert|132|to|186|cm}} long and weigh from {{convert|32|to|110|kg}}.<ref name="fact"/> They have the highest maximum shoulder height among the species in the genus ''[[Capra (genus)|Capra]]'', but is surpassed in length and weight by the [[Siberian ibex]].<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Fedosenko, A. K. |author2=Blank, D. A. |name-list-style=amp |year=2001|url=http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/675_Capra_sibirica.pdf |title=Capra sibirica|journal= Mammalian Species |volume=675|pages=1β13|doi=10.1644/1545-1410(2001)675<0001:CS>2.0.CO;2|s2cid=198969400 }}</ref> The coat is of a grizzled, light brown to black colour, and is smooth and short in [[summer]], while growing longer and thicker in [[winter]]. The fur of the lower legs is black and white. Markhor are [[sexually dimorphic]], with males having longer hair on the chin, throat, chest and shanks.<ref name="fact"/> Females are redder in colour, with shorter hair, a short black beard, and are maneless.<ref name="sterndale">[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19550/19550-h/19550-h.htm "NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAMMALIA OF INDIA AND CEYLON" by Robert A. Sterndale, published by CALCUTTA: THACKER, SPINK, AND CO., BOMBAY: THACKER AND CO., LIMITED., LONDON: W. THACKER AND CO. 1884]. Gutenberg.org (2006-10-16). Retrieved on 2011-07-10.</ref> Both sexes have tightly curled, corkscrew-like horns, which close together at the head, but spread upwards toward the tips. The horns of males can grow up to {{convert|160|cm|in|round=0.5|abbr=on}} long, and up to {{convert|25|cm|in|round=0.5|abbr=on}} in females.<ref name=fact>[http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Capra_falconeri.html "Capra falconeri" Markhor, An Ultimate Ungulate fact sheet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220140305/http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Capra_falconeri.html |date=2007-12-20 }}. Ultimateungulate.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-10.</ref> The males have a pungent smell, which surpasses that of the domestic goat.<ref>{{cite book|title=Shooting in the Himalayas: a journal of sporting adventures and travel in Chinese Tartary, Ladac, Thibet, Cashmere, &c|author=Frederick Markham|publisher=R. Bentley|year=1854}}</ref>
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