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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of the Sinaitic Race of Nubian Ibex. 



The BEDEN or NUBIAN IBEX (Capra nubiana). 



This species may be easily distinguished from both the Asiatic and 

 the Alpine species by the form of the horns, which are very long, 

 rather slender, and with the outer front angle much bevelled off, so 

 that the proper front surface is very narrow, and its transverse knots 

 proportionately short. Three races are recognised, namely, the typical 

 Nubian form C. n. typica, the S. Arabian C. n. mengesi, and the 

 Sinaitic C. n. sinaitica. In the form of its horns the latter approximates 

 to the wild goat. 



Distribution. The mountains of Southern Arabia, Palestine, the Sinaitic 

 Peninsula, Upper Egypt, and probably also those of Morocco and 

 the interior of Senegambia. Arabian name, beden. 



