Capra sibirica Pallas 1776

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

Type Locality: "sylvas inter Udae et Birjussae fluviorum fontes ad ipsam calcem Sajensis"; "northern slope of Sayansk Mountains, in the neighbourhood of Munku Sardyx, west of Lake Baikal" (Lydekker, 1913:143) (Russia, Siberia, Sayan Mtns, near Munku-Sardyk).

Vernacular Names: Siberian Ibex.

Distribution: Mountain ranges of N Afghanistan, China (N Gansu, W Inner Mongolia, Sinkiang, N Tibet), N India (Himalayas of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh), E Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, S and W Mongolia, N Pakistan, Russia (S Siberia), and Tajikistan.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

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