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 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) .