Capra Linnaeus 1758 (goat)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Caprini according to A. W. Gentry 2010

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Grubb 2001, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Linnaeus 1758 and Lydekker 1878

Sister taxa: Ammotragus, Bouria, Budorcas, Ovis, Protovis, Sinocapra

Subtaxa: Capra aegagrus Capra ammon Capra caucasica Capra cylindricornis Capra falconeri Capra hircus Capra ibex Capra nubiana Capra perimensis Capra primaeva Capra pyrenaica Capra sibirica Capra sivalensis

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Type: Capra hircus

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Australia (1), Egypt (2), France (3), Georgia (1), Greece (14), Israel (3), Italy (6), Kenya (4), Libya (1), Madagascar (2), Monaco (2), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (2), Northern Mariana Islands (3), Portugal (1), Reunion (1), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (2), Spain (8), Sudan (4), Turkey (1), Zambia (1)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)

• Miocene of Greece (1), India (1)

Total: 70 collections including 77 occurrences

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