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Capra hircus (domestic goat)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Capra hircus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Capra.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. alba

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Capra hircus Linnaeus p. 68
1758Capra mambrica Linnaeus p. 70
1911Capra hircus Thomas p. 152

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeCaprini
genusCapra
specieshircus

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 hircus Linnaeus 1758 [domestic goat]
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Invalid names: Capra mambrica Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available