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SPECIES Capra caucasica
| Author: | Güldenstaedt and Pallas, 1779. | | Actual Date: | 1783 | | Citation: | Acta Acad. Sci. Petropoli for 1779, 2: 275. | | Common Name: | Tur | | Type Locality: | Russia, "in summis Caucasi jugis, circa fluviorum Terek et Kubam summas origines, itemque in Ossetino tractu et Cachetia" (Caucasus Mtns, between Malka and Baksan Rivers, east of Mt. Elbrus). | | Distribution: | Caucasus Mtns (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia). | | Status: | IUCN – Endangered as C. caucasica, Vulnerable as C. cylindricornis. | | Comments: | Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:407) recognised two taxa, C. caucasica with synonym cylindricornis, and C. ibex severtzovi; Heptner et al. (1961) recognised C. caucasica with synonym severtzovi, and C. cylindricornis; Sokolov and Tembotov (1993) recognised these three taxa as subspecies in a single species and their classification is followed here. |
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