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Rupicapra rupicapra (chamois)

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

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

It was recombined as Antilope rupicapra by Giebel (1883); it was recombined as Rupicapra rupicapra by Thomas (1911), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Capra rupicapra Linnaeus p. 68
1883Antilope rupicapra Giebel p. 511
1911Rupicapra rupicapra Thomas p. 152
2008Rupicapra rupicapra Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
genusRupicaprade Blainville 1816
speciesrupicapra()

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.

Rupicapra rupicapra Linnaeus 1758 [chamois]
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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: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Rupicapra rupicapra (43656)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Rupicapra rupicapra (43657)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Vicenza) Rupicapra rupicapra (43689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Ioannina) Rupicapra rupicapra (208564)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Peloponnesus) Rupicapra rupicapra (184243)