Capra caucasica Guldenstaedt and Pallas, 1783 . Acta Acad. Sci. Petrop., for 1779, 2: 273.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.S. R., Caucasus Mtns., between Malka and Baksan Rivers, east of Mt. Elbrus .

DISTRIBUTION: W. Caucasus Mtns. (U.S.S. R.).

COMMENT: Probably should be included in ibex (RGVG) . Possibly caucasica is the prior name for cylindricornis, in which case this species should be termed severtzovi; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951:407. See also comment under cylindricornis .