Capra hircus Linnaeus 1758 (domestic goat)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Synonym: Capra mambrica Linnaeus 1758

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

Belongs to Capra according to O. Thomas 1911

See also Linnaeus 1758

Sister taxa: Capra aegagrus, Capra caucasica, Capra cylindricornis, Capra falconeri, Capra ibex, Capra nubiana, Capra perimensis, Capra primaeva, Capra pyrenaica, Capra sibirica, Capra sivalensis

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Italy (1), Kenya (4), Libya (1), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (2), Northern Mariana Islands (3), Reunion (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (2), Zambia (1)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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