Capra sibirica Pallas 1776

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 703

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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scientific name	Capra sibirica Pallas 1776
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Capra sibirica Pallas 1776 , Spicil. Zool., 11: 52.

Type Locality: "sylvas inter Udae et Birjussae fluviorum fontes ad ipsam calcem Sajensis"; "northern slope of Sayansk Mountains, in the neighbourhood of Munku Sardyx, west of Lake Baikal" ( Lydekker, 1913:143) ( Russia, Siberia, Sayan Mtns, near Munku-Sardyk).

Vernacular Names: Siberian Ibex.

Distribution: Mountain ranges of N Afghanistan, China (N Gansu, W Inner Mongolia, Sinkiang, N Tibet), N India (Himalayas of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh), E Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, S and W Mongolia, N Pakistan, Russia (S Siberia), and Tajikistan.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Treated as a species distinct from C. ibex by Heptner et al. (1961).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Bovidae
Genus	Capra