|Scientific Name:||Capra cylindricornis| |Species
Authority:||(Blyth, 1841)| |Taxonomic Notes:||It is still
unclear whether or not Capra caucasica and Capra cylindricornis
are two separate species (as followed here), or are a single
species with geographically dependent variability (P. Weinberg
pers. comm.).| |Red List Category & Criteria:||Near Threatened
ver 3.1| |Reviewer/s:||Festa-Bianchet, M. & Harris, R. (Caprinae
Red List Authority)| Listed as Vulnerable because the population
size might not be much great than 10,000 mature individuals (it
could be as low as 12,000 mature individuals), and a decline of
>10% over the next three generations (estimated at 21 years) is
possible. Almost qualifies as threatened under criterion C1.
|Range Description:||This species is endemic to the eastern part
of the Great Caucasus along the borders of Russia, Georgia and
Azerbaijan between 800 and 4,000 m asl. Its range begins around
the headwaters of the Baksan river east of Mount Elbrus (about
43ºN, 43ºE) and stretches f