Shaher Bano Lathiya, Ghulam Dastagir Achkzai, Amjad Pervez, Syed Muzaffar Ahmedand MZ Khan
Keywords: Capra aegagrus chiltanensis, diet, hazarganji chiltan park, balochistan.
Abstract: Pakistan is one of those unique countries that have rich diversity of flora and fauna living in a variety of ecosystem types, landscapes. Pakistan has nineteen national parks, the Harzarganji Chiltan National Park one of them. This park has given ample protection to Chiltan wild goat (Capra aegagrus chiltanensis), the Chiltan wild goat is endemic to Pakistan. According to this study they fed mainly on leaves of Fiscus palmate (11.6%) Pisticia kanjala (9.1%), Juniper polycarpes (8.3%), Cynodon dactylon (5.5%), Hordium murinum (3.0%) and seeds of Moris alba (3.1%) Rosa lacrans (3.0%) along with Chenopodium sp. (2.0%). Out of 16 plants species Fiscus palmata were consumed intensively. About 20 % of the wild goat diet was due to other plants which could not be identified. This is the preliminary study on diet and required long term studies for better understanding of the food habits of wild goat.
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