Capra nubiana F. Cuvier, 1825 . In É. Geoffroy and F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammifères, pt. 3, 6(50):2 pp. "Bouc sauvage de la Haute-Egypte".

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, "Upper Egypt " .

DISTRIBUTION: Egypt east of the Nile, NE Sudan, and Syria south to Yemen and east to Oman.

SYNONYMS: arabica, beden, mengesi, sinaitica.

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