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Nubian ibex in the Eastern Desert, Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Paul R. Krausman  and
William W. Shaw
Paul R. Krausman
Affiliation:
Wildlife, Fisheries, and Recreation Resources Division, School of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
William W. Shaw
Affiliation:
Wildlife, Fisheries, and Recreation Resources Division, School of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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Abstract

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In 1984, when the authors were working in the central part of Egypt's Eastern Desert, they found some large tracks and followed them. From the top of a sand dune, they had a brief but clear view of an adult male Nubian ibex. This unexpected sighting confirms that there is at least one population in this part of the Eastern Desert; the last report of ibex in the area was in 1927.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , July 1986 , pp. 176 - 177
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1986

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