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Caprini

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Caprini was named by Gray (1821) [Originally Family Capridae.]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Caprinae by Grubb (2001), Mead and Taylor (2005) and Gentry (2010); and to Antilopinae by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Hassanin and Douzery (2003) and Wang et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Caprini Gray p. 307
1999Caprini Hassanin and Douzery
2001Caprini Grubb p. 383
2003Caprini Hassanin and Douzery p. 210 figs. Table 1
2005Caprini Mead and Taylor p. 3
2010Caprini Gentry p. 792
2016Caprini Wang et al. pp. e1169190-2

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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
tribeCaprini

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.

Tr. Caprini Gray 1821
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Ammotragus lervia Pallas 1777 [barbary sheep]
G. †Bouria Vrba 1997
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Bouria anngettyae Vrba 1997
G. Budorcas Hodgson 1850 [takin]
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Budorcas churcheri Gentry 1996
Budorcas taxicolor Hodgson 1850
G. Capra Linnaeus 1758 [goat]
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Capra aegagrus Erxleben 1777 [wild goat]
Capra ammon Linnaeus 1758 [argali]
Capra caucasica Güldenstaedt and Pallas 1779
Capra falconeri Wagner 1839
Capra hircus Linnaeus 1758 [domestic goat]
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Invalid names: Capra mambrica Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Capra ibex Linnaeus 1758 [Alpine ibex]
Capra nubiana Cuvier 1825
Capra perimensis Lydekker 1878
Capra primaeva Arambourg 1979
Capra pyrenaica Schinz 1838
Capra sibirica Pallas 1776
Capra sivalensis Lydekker 1878
G. Ovis Linnaeus 1758 [sheep]
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Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758 [domestic sheep]
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Invalid names: Ovis guineensis Linnaeus 1758 [synonym], Ovis strepsiceros Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Ovis canadensis Shaw 1804 [bighorn sheep]
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Ovis canadensis auduboni Merriam 1901
Invalid names: Ovis canadensis canadensis Shaw 1804 [synonym], Ovis canadensis cremnobates Elliot 1903 [synonym], Ovis catclawensis Hibbard and Wright 1956 [synonym], Ovis cervina Desmarest 1804 [synonym], Ovis montana Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Ovis pygarus Griffith 1827 [synonym]
Ovis dalli Nelson 1884 [Dall sheep]
Ovis dorshi Frick 1937
Ovis europea Kerr 1792
Ovis mamillaris Foster 1837
Ovis nivicola Eschscholtz 1829
Ovis shantungensis Mastumoto 1926
Ovis sheldoni Merriam 1916
Ovis vignei Blythe 1841
Invalid names: Ovis orientalis Gmelin 1774 [nomen nudum]
G. †Protovis Wang et al. 2016
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Protovis himalayensis Wang et al. 2016
G. †Sinocapra Chen 1991
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Sinocapra willdownsi Mead and Taylor 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available