Markhor wani nau'i ne na akuyar daji da ke zaune a yankunan tsaunuka na tsakiyar Asiya, ciki har da Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, da Uzbekistan. Kalmar "markhor" ta samo asali ne daga harshen Farisa kuma tana nufin "mai cin maciji," kamar yadda aka san waɗannan awakin suna iya kashe macizai masu dafin. An san Markhors don ƙahoni masu ban sha'awa, waɗanda zasu iya girma har zuwa ƙafa 5 a tsayi a cikin maza. Ana ɗaukar su a matsayin nau'in da ke cikin haɗari, tare da asarar muhalli da farauta sune farkon barazanar rayuwa.