Capra sibirica (Pallas, 1776) . Spicil. Zool., 11:52.

TYPE LOCALITY: Russia, Siberia, Sayan Mtns, near Munku Sardyx .

DISTRIBUTION: Mountain ranges of N Afghanistan, N Pakistan, and N India through Tadzhikistan, Kirgizia, E Kazakhstan and S Siberia (Russia) to Sinkiang (China) and S and W Mongolia.

SYNONYMS: alaiana, almasyi, altaica, dauvergnii, dementievi, fasciata, filippii, formosovi, hagenbecki, hemalayanus, lorenzi, lydekkeri, merzbacheri, pollasti, pedri, sakeen, transalaiana, wardi .

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