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Capra pyrenaica lusitanica Fran(;a. 



1909. Capra lusitanica Fran(;a, Bull. Soc. Portugaise Sci. Nat., ii, p. 144. 

 Based on the " Cabra-Montez da Serra do Gerez " of Bocage, Mem. 

 Acad. Real das Sciencias de Lisboa (Sci. Math. Phys. Nat.), N.S., 

 II, pt. I, pp. 1-20, pis. 1-2. Articles separately paged. Bocage 

 wrongly cited as authority for the name lusitanica. Type in 

 Lisbon INIuseum. 



1911. Capra pyrenaica, peculiar subspecies, Cabrera, Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 London, p. 966, December, 1911. 



Type localiii/. — Serra do Gerez, Minho, Portugal. 



Geographical distribution. — Formerly the mountains of Galicia 

 and northern Portugal. Now confined to the Serra do Gerez or 

 extinct. 



Diagnosis. — ^Horns apparently less spreading than in the other 

 races. 



Capra pyrenaica viCTORiiE Cabrera. 



1911. Capra pyrenaica victorix Cabrera, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, p. 975, 

 December, 1911. Type in Madrid Museum. 



Type locality. — Madrigal de la Vera, southern slope of Sierra 

 de Gredos, Province of Caceres, Spain. 



Diagnosis. — "An intermediate form, in size and in the extent 

 of the black markings, between C. p. pjyrenaica and C. p. liispanica, 

 rather browner than liispanica in summer coat, and with [widely 

 spreading] horns similar in size to that race, but comparatively 

 broader and flatter." 



Measurements. — Type, adult male, mounted (from Cabrera) : 

 head and body, 1355; tail, 130; hind foot with hoofs, 385; ear, 

 120; height at shoulder, 700. For cranial measurements see 

 Table, p. 997. 



Capra pyrenaica hispanica Schimper. 



1848. Cap-a hispanica Schimper, Comptes-Eend. Acad. Sci., Paris, xxvi, 

 p. 318, March, 1848. 



1910. Capra pyrenaica hispanica Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, 



p. 237. 



1911. Capra pyrenaica hispanica Cabrera, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, p. 966, 



December, 1911. 



Type locality. — Sierra Nevada (" Picacho de Veleta et Mula- 

 hacen "), Spain. 



Geographical distribution. — Mountains of southern and eastern 

 Spain (Sierra de Honda, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Morena, Sieri'a 

 Martes and Sierra de Cardo). 



Diagnosis. — Dark markings minimum for the species, the 

 lateral stripe very narrow, the black of withers strictly confined 

 to median line ; nasal bones more abruptly narrowed than in true 



