Capra nubiana F. Cuvier 1825

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 : 702

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11337386
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scientific name	Capra nubiana F. Cuvier 1825
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Treatment

Capra nubiana F. Cuvier 1825 View in CoL

Capra nubiana F. Cuvier 1825 View in CoL , in: E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammiferes, Vol. 6, part 50: "Bouc sauvage de la Haute-Egypte", p. 2, pl. 397.

Type Locality: Egypt, "de la Haute-Égypte … ou de Nubie"; Nubia ( Lydekker, 1913:153; G. M. Allen, 1939:549) or Upper Egypt ( Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951:407), which are virtually synonymous; here restricted to Sudan, Northern Prov., Nubian Desert, east of Nile River.

Vernacular Names: Nubian Ibex.

Distribution: Egypt east of the Nile, N Eritrea, Israel, W Jordan, Lebanon (extinct), SE Oman, Saudi Arabia, NE Sudan, Syria (extinct; no archaeological records), and SE Yemen.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Treated as a species distinct from C. ibex by Uerpmann (1987).