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D. Rupieapra rupieapra pyrenaica. 



Rupicapra pyrenaica, Bonaparte, Atti Eiun. Scien. Ital. 1844, p. 337 ; 



Miller, Cat. Mamm. W. Europe Brit. Mus. p. 995, 1912. 

 Rupicapra tragus pyrenaica, LydeJfker, Field, vol. cxii, p. 104, 1908 ; 



Ward, Eecords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 338, 1910. 

 Rupicapra rupieapra pyrenaica, Cabrera, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, 



p. 998. 



Typical locality Pyrenees. 



Colour in winter less dark than in typical race ; neck- 

 niarkings much the same as in ornata ; horns, which rise 

 almost perpendicularly, more approximated than in other 

 races, with the space between them slightly concave ; cheek- 

 teeth relatively small. Basicranial length 7i inches 

 (190 mm.) ; length of upper series of cheek-teeth 2^ inches 

 (56 mm.). 



48. 2. 5. 7. Skin, mounted. Pyrenees. Purchased, 1848. 



E. Rupicapra rupieapra parva. 



Rupicapra rupieapra parva, Cabrera, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 999. 

 Rupicapra parva, Miller, Cat. Mamm. W. Europe Brit. Mus. p. 995, 

 1912. 



Typical locality Picos de Europa, Santander, Spain. 



Stated to be smaller and darker than pyrenawa, with the 

 throat-patch ill-defined and scarcely lighter than the general 

 body-colour. The distribution includes the Cantabrian 

 Eange of Spain. The type specimen is in Madrid Museum. 



97. 1. 7. 3. Skin mounted. Picos de Europa. 



Presented by J. W. R. Lee, Esq., 1897. 



F. Rupicapra rupieapra eaucasiea. 



Rupicapra tragus eaucasiea, LydeJfker, Ward's Records of Big Game, 

 ed. 6, p. 338, 1910. 



Typical locality Caucasus. 



Horns of male relatively short and thick, rising nearly 

 vertically, and with only moderate divergence. Nasal bones 

 without distinct lachrymal process, and a small persistent 

 lachrymal fissure present ; in the west European races there 

 is a small lachrymal process to the nasals, and the lachrymal 

 fissure obliterates early. Throat-patch large, whitish above, 



