Capra caucasica

von Güldenstädt & Pallas in Pallas, 1783

Kuban Tur

Side view of male standing. Also as Caucasian Ibex|Severtzov's Tur|West Caucasian Tur|Western Tur.
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Location:Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle Zoological GardenDate taken:Jan 1, 1980

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 865

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Bovoidea
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Caprini
Genus : Capra

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1783. Capra caucasica, e schedis cel. A. I. Güldenstaedt. Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 1779(2):273-281.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10127832

Original name as described

Capra caucasica

Other common names

Caucasian Ibex · Severtzov's Tur · West Caucasian Tur · Western Tur

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Central Caucasus.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Georgia

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. cylindricornis, although the two may be synonymous and there is evidence of hybrid zones between them

Taxonomy notes citation

Weinberg, P.J., Akkiev, M.I. and Buchukuri, R.G. 2010. Clineal variation in Caucasian tur and its taxonomic relevance. Galemys 22(Número Especial):375-394. a#59087

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006181

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 20 names and synonyms.

Capra caucasica

von Güldenstädt & Pallas in Pallas, 1783

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caucasica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

275

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10127832

Authority publication

Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:197, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:324, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Turton (1802:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  4. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  5. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  6. Schinz (1821:403, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  7. Desmarest (1822:481, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  8. Smith (1827:302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59866)
  9. Lesson (1827:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  10. Fischer (1829:483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  11. Eichwald (1831:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  12. Ehrenberg (1833:@sig. nn p. 2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68841)
  13. Schinz (1838:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13323393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68904)
  14. Nordmann (1839:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)
  15. Blyth (1840:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  16. Schinz (1845:461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  17. Bonaparte (1845:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  18. Sundevall (1847:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40482)
  19. Gray (1850:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  20. Murray (1866:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  21. Lydekker (1898:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  22. Trouessart (1905:737, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  23. Ward (1910:383, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  24. Lydekker (1913:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  25. Corbet & Hill (1980:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  26. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  27. Corbet & Hill (1991:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  28. Grubb (1993:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  29. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  30. Arribas & Garrido (2008:469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18762)
  31. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  32. Groves & Grubb (2011:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  33. Groves & Grubb (2011:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  34. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  35. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  36. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  37. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3794/22143809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Aries caucasicus

(Link, 1795)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caucasica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272972

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

  1. Link (1795:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  2. Fischer (1814:xv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Aegoceros Ammon

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ammon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114162

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Pallas (1811:229, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37182)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Aegoceros caucasicus

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caucasica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29113938

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Pallas (1811:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29113938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37182)

Capra Caucasia

Lesson, 1842

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caucasia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

182

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Ibex Caucasica

(B. H. Hodgson, 1847)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caucasica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

700

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126225

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Hodgson (1847:700, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39848)

Ægoceros Caucasica

(J. E. Gray, 1852)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caucasica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956561

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1852:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  2. Gray (1872:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Capra severtzowi

Menzbier, 1888

Family

Bovidae

Root name

severtzowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

619

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31784276

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1905:738, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  2. Lydekker (1913:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Capra raddei

Matschie, 1901

Family

Bovidae

Root name

raddei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

32

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1905:738, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Capra dinniki

Satunin, 1905

Family

Bovidae

Root name

dinniki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

344

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10359708

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

  1. Satunin (1905:63, 82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456255, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69038)
  2. Satunin (1905:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69038)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

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