Capra

mountais of, Asia Minor, Caucasus - Kopet Dag, W.Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Sind. See [About maps] Wild Goat Bezoar Pasang
Capra aegagrus Erxleben, 1777; , TL: Daghestan, E. Caucasus

Ancestor of the domestic goat.

C. a. aegagrus

Caucasus, Iran, Asia Minor, Oman caucasica Gray
cicilica
florstedti; (Bulghar Dag, Asia Minor)
gazella Gmelin; (Iran)
persica; (Laristan, Iran)

C. a. cretica Schinz, 1838

Crete, introduced (Greece) aegagrus cretica Schinz, 1838; (Crete)
cretensis

C. a. picta (Erhard, 1858)

Aegian Islands aegagrus picta (Erhard, 1858); , TL: Aegian Islands of Erimomilos

C. a. blythi Hume, 1875

Baluchistan, E.Iran aegagrus blythi Hume, 1875; , TL: Sind
neglectus

C. a. turkmenica Tzalkin, 1950

Kopet Dagh, Khurasan Mts. Capra aegagrus turcmenicus Tzalkin, 1950; , TL: 25km S. of Gjaurs railway station, Tawa Mts, central Kopet Dag, Turkmenistan

Capra ibex Linnaeus, 1758

Alps, C.Asia (mountains), Sayan - Turkestan, N.Afghanistan, Kashmir, Palestine, Arabia, Sinai, Egypt (extinct?), Sudan. See [About maps] Ibex
Capra ibex Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (edn. 10) 1: 68, TL: Switzerland, Valais

800x565 (~199Kb) "Schwarze Berge" Wild Animal Park, Germany, June 2000, Photo © Ralf Schmode

C. i. ibex

Alps, Italian Alps alpina
europaea
graicus

C. i. sibirica (Pallas, 1776)

Sayan, Altai Mts. ibex sibirica (Pallas, 1776); (Sayan and Altai Mts)
pallasii
altaica
fasciata
lydekkeri
typica
Capra sibirica lorenzi Satunin, 1905; , TL: 320 verst S. of Nishneudinsk, Sayan Mts

C. i. alaiana Noack, 1902

Turkestan (mountains) ibex alaiana Noack, 1902; , TL: Alai Mts, Turkestan
almasyi; (Tien Shan)
merzbacheri
transalaiana
Capra sibirica formosovi Tzalkin, 1949; , TL: Kyamattu Gorge, 26 km SW of Novo-Dimitrievsk, Tien Shan

C. i. hemalayana Hodgson, 1841

W.Himalayas ibex hemalayana Hodgson, 1841; (W. Himalayas)
dauvergnii
filippii
pedri
sacin
sakeen
skyn
wardi
?Capra sibirica dementievi Tzalkin, 1949; , TL: Mt Tokhta-Khom, SW. of Yarkand, Sinkiang, China

C. i. hagenbecki Noack, 1903

Mongolian Altai ibex hagenbecki Noack, 1903; (Mongolian Altai)

C. i. nubiana Cuvier, 1825

Palestine, Arabia, Egypt, Sudan ibex nubiana Cuvier, 1825; , TL: Upper Egypt
typica
arabica
beden; (SW. Arabia)
mengesi; (S. Arabia)
sinaitica; (Sinai)

C. i. walie Rüppell, 1835

Ethiopia (Simien Mts.) Capra walie Rüppell, 1835; , TL: Simen and Gojjam, Ethiopia
vali

Capra caucasica Güldenstaedt & Pallas, 1783

W.Caucasus. See [About maps] West Caucasian Tur Kuban
Capra caucasica Güldenstaedt & Pallas, 1783; Acta Acad. Sci. Petrop. (for 1779) 2: 273, TL: Between Malka and Baksan R., E of Mt Elbruz, Caucasus
dinniki; (NW. Caucasus)
raddei; (SW. Caucasus)
severtzovi; (W. of Mt Elbruz)

Capra cylindricornis (Blyth, 1841)

E.Caucasus. See [About maps] East Caucasian Tur
Ovis cylindricornis Blyth, 1841; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1840: 68, TL: E.Caucasus Mts., Mt. Kasber
pallasii Rouillier

920x680 (~127Kb) Russia, Moscow Zoo, 12.3.2010, Photo © D. Smirnov

840x720 (~118Kb) Russia, Moscow Zoo, 12.3.2010, Photo © D. Smirnov

Capra pyrenaica Schinz, 1838

Spanish Pyrenees, Sierra de Gredos, Sierra Morena, Sierra de Ronda, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Cazorla, Sierra de Cardo. See [About maps] Spanish Ibex
Capra pyrenaica Schinz, 1838; N. Denkschr. Schneiz. Ges. Natur. Wiss. 2: 9, TL: Spanish Pyrenees, Huesca, near Maldetta Pass

C. p. pyrenaica

Pyrenees typica

C. p. hispanica Schimper, 1848

SE.Spain (Sierra Nevada)

C. p. lusitanica Schlegel, 1872

N.Portugal (extinct)

C. p. victoriae Cabrera, 1911

Sierra de Gredos pyrenaica victoriae Cabrera, 1911; , TL: Sierra de Gredos, central Spain

Capra falconeri (Wagner, 1839)

E.Kashmir - Hindu Kush, W.Pakistan - Quetta, S.Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, NW.Afghanistan. See [About maps] Markhor
Aegoceros falconeri Wagner, 1839; Gelehrte Anzeign. I. K. Bayer Akad. Wiss. Munchen, 9: 430, TL: Astor, Kashmir

C. f. falconeri

E.Kashmir typica

C. f. heptneri Zalkin, 1945

Tadzhikistan, Russian Turkestan ognevi; (S. Uzbekistan)

C. f. cashmiriensis Lydekker, 1898

W.Kashmir - Hindu Kush

C. f. megaceros Hutton, 1842

N.Pakistan, Afghanistan (Kyber Pass)

C. f. jerdoni Hume, 1875

W.Paskistan (Peshawar - Quetta)

?C. f. chialtanensis Lydekker, 1913

Baluchistan (S. of Quetta)

Capra lervia (Pallas, 1777)

Sahara (desert zone mountains), Niger, N.Tchad, Sudan - Red Sea. See [About maps] Barbary Sheep Auoudad
Antilope lervia Pallas, 1777; Spicil. Zool., 12: 12, TL: Oran, Algeria
Ammotragus lervia ;

C. l. lervia

Morocco - Tunisia tragelaphus

C. l. fassini (Lepri, 1930)

Libya, S.Tunisia

C. l. ornata (Audouin, 1829)

Egypt

C. l. sahariensis (Rothschild, 1913)

Algerian Sahara lervia sahariensis (Rothschild, 1913); , TL: Qued Mya at 28°30'N, 3°E

C. l. blainei (Rothschild, 1913)

N.Sudan, NE.Tchad, Uweinat Mts. Oris lervia blainei Rothschild, 1913; , TL: Border of Dongola Province and Kordofan, Sudan

C. l. angusi (Rothschild, 1921)

from (Tibesti, Air) - Mali (Adrar) Ammotragus lervia angusi Rothschild, 1921; , TL: Tarrouaji Mt. Asben, Niger

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