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Taxonomy
Caprinae was named by Gray (1821) [Originally Family Capridae.]. It is extant.
It was reranked as the tribe Caprini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Wang et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Ruminantes by Gray (1821); to Antilopinae by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Wang et al. (2016); and to Bovidae by Gill (1872), Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Alcala and Morales (1997), Grubb (2001), Mead and Taylor (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Gentry (2010), Calamari (2021).
It was reranked as the tribe Caprini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Wang et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Ruminantes by Gray (1821); to Antilopinae by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Wang et al. (2016); and to Bovidae by Gill (1872), Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Alcala and Morales (1997), Grubb (2001), Mead and Taylor (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Gentry (2010), Calamari (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1821 | Caprinae Gray p. 307 |
| 1872 | Caprinae Gill |
| 1902 | Caprinae Hay p. 687 |
| 1980 | Caprinae Kurten and Anderson p. 326 |
| 1997 | Caprinae Alcala and Morales p. 947 |
| 1999 | Caprini Hassanin and Douzery |
| 2001 | Caprini Grubb p. 383 |
| 2001 | Caprinae Grubb p. 385 |
| 2003 | Caprini Hassanin and Douzery p. 210 figs. Table 1 |
| 2005 | Caprinae Mead and Taylor p. 3 |
| 2005 | Caprini Mead and Taylor p. 3 |
| 2008 | Caprinae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2010 | Caprinae Gentry p. 791 |
| 2010 | Caprini Gentry p. 792 |
| 2016 | Caprini Wang et al. pp. e1169190-2 |
| 2021 | Caprinae Calamari |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available