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IV. CAPKA IBEX. 



Capra ibex, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i, p. 68, 1758, ed. 12, vol. i, 

 p. 95, 1766; Desmarest, Mammalogie, vol. ii, p. 480, 1822; 

 H. Smith, Gri]ffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv, p. 300, vol. v, 

 p. 357, 1821',^ Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 167, 1843, 

 Knoivsley Menagerie, p. 32, 1850, Cat. XJngiilata Brit. Mus. 

 p. 142, 1862, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 52, 1872, Hand-List. 

 Buminants Brit. Mus. p. 123, 1873; Blasius, Sdugeth. Dcutschl. 

 p. 475, 1857 ; Flower and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. B. Coll. 

 Surg. pt. ii, p. 248, 1884 ; Sclater, Broc. Zool. Sac. 1886, p. 315 ; 

 Beichenau, N. Jalirh. Min. 1896, vol. i, p. 221 ; Ward, Becords 

 of Big Game, p. 227, 1896, ed. 6, p. 372, 1910 ; Lydehker, Wild 

 Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 273, 1898, Great and Small Game of 

 Europe, etc. p. 162, 1901 ; Trouessart, Faune Mamm. Europe, 

 p. 236, 1910 ; Miller, Cat. Mamm. W. Europe Brit. Mus. p. 989, 

 1912. 



Capra alpina, Girtanjier, Journ. Bhysique, vol. xxviii, p. 224, 1786. 



iEgoceros ibex, Ballas, Zoogr. Bosso-Asiat. vol. i, p. 224, 1811, in part. 



Ibex alpinus. Gray, List Osteol. Brit. Mus. p. 59, 1847; Nehring, 

 Tundren imd Steppen, p. 206, 1890. 



Ibex europsea, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xvL, p. 700, 

 1847. 



Capra (Ibex) ibex, Camerano, Mem. Ac. Sci. Torino, ser. 2, vol. Ivi, 

 p. 284, 1906, Ivii, p. 1907. 



Capra ibex graicus, Matschie, Deutsche Jdger-Zeitung, vol. lix, p. 102, 

 1912— invalid, teste Camerano, Bull. Mus. Zool. e. Anat. Torino, 

 vol. xxvii. No. 656, 1912. 



Alpine Ibex. 



Typical locality Swiss Alps; the distributional area 

 formerly including the greater part of the Alps, but now 

 restricted to a few localities in Piedmont, Italian Alps. 



Height about 32 to 34 inches. Horns inclining backwards 

 in a bold scimetar-like sweep, distinctly triangular in section, 

 with the front surface broad, flattened, and carrying a 

 number of bold transverse knots or knobs. Beard, which is 

 confined to chin, moderate. General colour dusky grey, 

 darker on chin, upper portion of throat and under-parts ; 

 blackish below and along anterior surface above, this dark 

 area not noticeably contrasted or sharply defined; tail 

 coloured like body at base, blackish at tip. Fine horns 

 measure from 30 to 44f inches along front curve, with a 

 girth of from 9 to lOJ inches, and a tip-to-tip interval 

 rauQ-ing from 21 to 40 inches. 



620, h. Skin, mounted. Alps. 



Presented bij Mrs. A. G. CamjMl, before 1872. 



