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SPECIES Capra walie
Author: | Rüppell, 1835. | Citation: | Neue Wirbelt. Fauna Abyssin. Gehörig, Säugeth., 1: 16. | Common Name: | Walia | Type Locality: | "die höchsten felsigten Gebirge Abyssiniens … in den Provinzen Simen und Godjam"; restricted to Ethiopia, mountains of Simien (Lydekker, 1913:156). | Distribution: | N Ethiopia. | Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered. | Comments: | Treated as a species distinct from C. ibex by Ansell (1972:70) and Yalden et al. (1984). |
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