Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Caprini according to A. W. Gentry 2010
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Grubb 2001, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Linnaeus 1758 and Lydekker 1878
Sister taxa: Ammotragus, Bouria, Budorcas, Ovis, Protovis, Sinocapra
Subtaxa: Capra aegagrus Capra ammon Capra caucasica Capra cylindricornis Capra falconeri Capra hircus Capra ibex Capra nubiana Capra perimensis Capra primaeva Capra pyrenaica Capra sibirica Capra sivalensis
Type: Capra hircus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Australia (1), Egypt (2), France (3), Georgia (1), Greece (14), Israel (3), Italy (6), Kenya (4), Libya (1), Madagascar (2), Monaco (2), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (2), Northern Mariana Islands (3), Portugal (1), Reunion (1), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (2), Spain (8), Sudan (4), Turkey (1), Zambia (1)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Miocene of Greece (1), India (1)
Total: 70 collections including 77 occurrences
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