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

TYPE LOCALITY: Algeria, Department of Oran .

DISTRIBUTION: Western Sahara to W Egypt; Mali to Sudan; introduced to USA, N Mexico and Spain.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: angusi, blainei, fassini, ornata, sahariensis, tragelaphus.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by G.G. Gray and Simpson (1980, Mammalian Species, 144).