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Asiatic Ibex

Educational resources on Asiatic Ibex

Asiatic Ibex or Capra sibrica is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Asiatic Ibex

Academic web links for the Asiatic Ibex.


ADW: Capra sibirica: Information
Capra sibirica is concentrated in multiple mountain ranges throughout central Asia, as far north as southern Siberia. There are multiple, distinct populations in Mongolia and China
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Capra_sibirica.html

Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China
Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsoni), wild ass (Equus hemionus), wild yak (Bos grunniens), argali sheep (Ovis ammon), blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur), Asiatic ibex (Capra ibex
www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1942&page=193

Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China
Asiatic ibex (Capra ibex), 193. Astragalus adsurgens, 52, 62, 63, 102, 103. Astragalus cicer L., 102. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), 151, 152
www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1942&page=200

SIBERIAN IBEX
F UN F ACT Although named after Siberia, this ibex is found primarily in central Asia, giving it its other (although less common) name of Asiatic ibex.
www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/card/Animals/Herbivores/Siberian-Ibex.pdf

IBOY Projects - How can we conserve biodiversity?
Buddhist conservation and eco-tourism plan for threatened black necked geese, snow leopards, Asiatic Ibex and Lynx around sacred Tsomoriri Lake, India
www.nrel.colostate.edu/projects/iboy/howconserve.html

Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China
113 Artificial fodder, 118-119 Artificial grasslands creation of, 50 forage plant selection for, 51-52 income derived from, 51 studies in, 77, 87 Asiatic ibex
www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1942&page=199

Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China
...gutturosa), Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsoni), wild ass (Equus hemionus), wild yak (Bos grunniens ), argali sheep (Ovis ammon), blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur), Asiatic ibex
www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1942&page=183

MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 695, pp. 1-9,3 figs. Capracylindricornis.
Daghestanturlack dark stripes on the coat that are typical of Siberian or Asiatic ibex (C. sibirica ), Nubianibex ( C. nubiana ), and wild goat (C. aegagrus —Heptneretal. 1961
www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/695_Capra_cylindricornis.pdf

Carl F. H. Henry
The Asiatic ibex is a very elegant mountain goat that is distributed in western part of Ladakh. It is the second most abundant mountain ungulate in the region with a population of
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Ladakh&Itemid=350

John William Hamilton
Despite its harsh climate, the depression is home to 173 bird species and 41 mammal species, including the globally endangered snow leopard, argali, and Asiatic ibex.
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Uvs_Nuur&Itemid=252







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