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Taxonomy
Oreamnos was named by Rafinesque (1817) [possibly named as a subgenus of Mazama]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Bovidae by Rafinesque (1817) and Carroll (1988); to Rupicaprini by Grubb (2001); and to Caprinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
It was assigned to Bovidae by Rafinesque (1817) and Carroll (1988); to Rupicaprini by Grubb (2001); and to Caprinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1817 | Oreamnos Rafinesque |
1827 | Aplocerus Hamilton-Smith |
1844 | Haplocerus Wagner |
1980 | Oreamnos Kurten and Anderson p. 327 |
1988 | Oreamnos Carroll |
2001 | Oreamnos Grubb p. 382 |
2008 | Oreamnos Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5 |
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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.
G. Oreamnos Rafinesque 1817 [mountain goat]
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Oreamnos americanus Blainville 1816
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Invalid names: Mazama dorsata Rafinesque 1817 [synonym], Ovis montanus Ord 1815 [synonym]
†Oreamnos harringtoni Stock 1936
Invalid names: Aplocerus Hamilton-Smith 1827 [synonym], Haplocerus Wagner 1844 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available