Order Artiodactyla
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
637
722
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Capra nubiana
F. Cuvier 1825
Capra nubiana
F.
Cuvier 1825
,
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)
.