Common Name:	Nubian Ibex
Scientific Name:	Capra nubiana
Location:	Found in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, and in Israel, southwestern Jordan, and the Arabian Peninsula. Formerly also in Lebanon and Syria, but no longer occurs there. Outside Asia, it is found in the Red Sea Hills of Egypt and Sudan, and in northern Eritrea.
Smaller and more lightly built than other true ibexes, and with more slender horns. Color is light brown with a dark dorsal stripe. Legs have conspicious black-and-white markings. Beard is long and dark. The Nubian ibex is distinguished from Asian and Alpine ibexes by its narrower horns with their rounded outer edges. Asian specimens of Nubian ibex are somewhat smaller than those from Africa, and have shorter, thinner horns.