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Capra ibex (Alpine ibex)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Capra ibex was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. alba

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Capra ibex Linnaeus p. 68
1911Capra ibex Thomas p. 152
1927Capra ibex Boule and De Villeneuve p. 41 figs. Pl 5, 6
2008Capra ibex Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeCaprini()
genusCapra
speciesibex

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.

Capra ibex Linnaeus 1758 [Alpine ibex]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Capra ibex (183123)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Capra ibex (43656)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Capra ibex (43701)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Monaco Capra ibex (191729)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkey Capra ibex (43008)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Capra ibex (191728)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Capra ibex (43657)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Greece (Lakonia) Capra ibex (32059 32062 32082 32086)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece Capra ibex (203847)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Ioannina) Capra ibex (208561 208564 208565)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Thessalia) Capra ibex (204397)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Capra ibex (90036)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Vicenza) Capra ibex (43689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Capra ibex (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Peloponnesus) Capra ibex (184243)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Capra ibex (195041)