CIC Caprinae Atlas Of The World (2-Volume Set)

About this book

This detailed and meticulously researched atlas presents an overview on the distribution ranges of all 96 wild Caprinae phenotypes in the northern hemisphere, their physical appearance, life history, conservation status and sustainable use. The authors aim to stimulate the resourceful involvement of a wide variety of stakeholders: policymakers who create the administrative and legislative frameworks for Caprinae conservation; researchers and taxonomists who are at work to fill knowledge gaps; public, communal and private landowners on whose lands wild Caprinae dwell; management authorities who need to find holistic conservation solutions; hunters who are getting intense emotional rewards from pursuing wild sheep and goats and their relatives; and last but not least the women and men who follow the tracks of wild sheep and goats to admire and photograph them in their natural surroundings. Cooperatively, they can all increase their individual contribution to the conservation of these magnificent creatures and the wild landscapes in which they dwell.

The collector’s edition is limited to 185 copies, numbered and signed, slip-cased, hand-bound in half leather with gold foiling on front and spine. These include exclusive frontispieces of the original two watercolour paintings by Bodo Meier.

Contents

Prologue by HM King Juan Carlos
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contributing Photographers
CIC Caprinae Phenotype System
Natural Survival of Males in Mountain Ungulates
Some Aspects of Caprinae Conservation
IUCN, CIC and Caprinae

Chapter 1. Argali
Chapter 2. Mouflon and Urial
Chapter 3. North American Thinhorned and Bighorned Sheep
Chapter 4. Northeast Asiatic Thinhorned Sheep
Chapter 5. Aoudad
Chapter 6. Bharal
Chapter 7. Tahr
Chapter 8. Takin
Chapter 9. Musk Ox
Chapter 10. Chiru
Chapter 11. Goral
Chapter 12. Serow
Chapter 13. Rocky Mountain Goat
Chapter 14. Chamois
Chapter 15. Ibexforms
Chapter 16.  Spanish Ibex
Chapter 17. Tur
Chapter 18. Asiatic and Mediterranean Wild Goats
Chapter 19. Markhor

Annexure 1 The Caprinae Hunter as Naturalist-Conservationist
Annexure 2 Position Statements of the IUCN Caprinae Specialist Group
Annexure 3 IUCN SSC Guiding Principles on Trophy Hunting as a Tool for Creating Conservation Incentives
Annexure 4 Geographical References
Annexure 5 Literature Cited