Table 4. Width (mm) of the distal articular suface of the metacarpal from select caprines. Most of data of Mc4 from Scott (1985); Oreamnos harringtoni from Mead and Lawler (1994) and Jass et al. (2000). Arranged in increasing minimum size.

Taxon Range of Width
Nemorhaedus goral 20.6-29.7
Ammotragus lervia 21.6-32.0
Ovis orientalis 21.9-29.2
O. musimon 23.1
Oreamnos harringtoni 23.7-39.2
Capricornis crispus 26.2-32.0
Capra falconeri 28.1
C. ibex 28.3-38.7
Pseudois nayaur      28.9-33.5
Sinocapra willdownsi 29.1
Ovis canadensis 29.1-34.6
O. dalli 29.3-33.2
Hemitragus jehmalahicus 29.8-32.4
Capra pyrenaica 32.4-33.8
Ovis ammon poli 32.9-39.2
O. ammon hodgsoni 33.9-38.9
O. ammon mongolica 34.4
Capra caucasica 36.2
Capricornis sumatraensis 37.2-41.7
Oreamnos americanus 43.1-43.2