Capra caucasica Guldenstaedt and Pallas 1779

Capra caucasica Guldenstaedt and Pallas 1779, Acta Acad. Sci. Petropoli for 1779, 2: 275.

Type Locality: Russia, "in summis Caucasi jugis, circa fluviorum Terek et Kubam summas origines, itemque in Ossetino tractu et Cachetia" (Caucasus Mtns, between Malka and Baksan Rivers, east of Mt. Elbrus).

Vernacular Names: Tur.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Capra caucasica subsp. caucasica Guldenstaedt and Pallas 1779

Subspecies Capra caucasica subsp. cylindricornis Blyth 1841

Subspecies Capra caucasica subsp. severtzovi Menzbier 1888

Distribution: Caucasus Mtns (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia).

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered as C. caucasica, Vulnerable as C. cylindricornis .

Discussion: Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:407) recognised two taxa, C. caucasica with synonym cylindricornis, and C. ibex severtzovi; Heptner et al. (1961) recognised C. caucasica with synonym severtzovi, and C. cylindricornis; Sokolov and Tembotov (1993) recognised these three taxa as subspecies in a single species and their classification is followed here.