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Capra ibex (Artiodactyla: Bovidae)

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Parrini, Francesca, Cain, James W., Krausman, Paul R. (2009): Capra ibex (Artiodactyla: Bovidae). Mammalian Species 830 (1): 1-12, DOI: 10.1644/830.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/830.1

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