Caucasus mixed forests
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The Caucasus mixed forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion in the Caucasus Mountains, as well as the adjacent Lesser Caucasus range and the eastern end of the Pontic Mountains.
Shisha River Canyon in Caucasus Nature Reserve, Adygea, Russia
Ecoregion territory (encircled in magenta)
West Caucasian tur
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The West Caucasian tur is a mountain-dwelling goat-antelope native to the western half of the Caucasus Mountains range, in Georgia and European Russia.
Caucasus mixed forests
…scree. Sub-nival plants and lichens grow from 3000 to 4000 meters elevation. Large hoofed mammals include the East Caucasian tur (Capra cylindricornis), West Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica), Caucasian chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra caucasica), mouflon (Ovis orientalis gmelini), Caspian red deer (Cervus elaphus maral), and…
Capra Caucasica
West Caucasian turs in Caucasus Biosphere Reserve