Ammotragus lervia (Pallas, 1777) . Spicil. Zool., 12: 12.

TYPE LOCALITY: Algeria, Oran .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Egypt to Morocco; Niger to Sudan; nerhaps S. Israel. Introduced to New Mexico and Texas (U.S.A.).

COMMENT: Should be included in Hemitragus (PG) . Reviewed by Gray and Simpson, 1980, Mamm. Species, 144:1-7.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Tunisia).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301419009033001001.