Capra hircus

Linnaeus, 1758

Domestic Goat

Oblique view of adult male; probably feral domestic goat.
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Location:USA, CA, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical GardensDate taken:Jan 1, 1981

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 776

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
Domesticated
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033879

Original name as described

Capra Hircus

Other common names

Goat · Cretan Goat · Cretan Ibex · Kri-kri · Agrimi

Type locality

Sweden.

Country distribution

Domesticated

Taxonomy notes

domestic form of C. aegagrus and includes introduced populations in the Mediterranean

Taxonomy notes citation

Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J. and Groves, C.P. 2004. The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(5):645-651. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.006

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006184

Country distribution map

No distribution data available.

Names and synonyms

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

Total: 130 names and synonyms.

Capra Cretensis

Brisson, 1756

Family

Bovidae

Root name

cretensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

before_1758

Authority page

73

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra angolensis

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033879

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra depressa

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

depressa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033880

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1772:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  4. Erxleben (1777:266, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  5. Borowski (1780:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67759)
  6. Kerr (1792:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  7. Shaw (1801:376, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  8. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra Hircus

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hircus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033879

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Berkenhout (1769:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25813726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68488)
  4. Boddaert (1772:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  5. Müller (1776:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37288)
  6. Erxleben (1777:256, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  7. Leske (1779:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  8. Borowski (1780:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67759)
  9. Kerr (1792:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  10. Borkhausen (1797:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  11. Cuvier (1797:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  12. Shaw (1801:369, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  13. Daudin (1802:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  14. Treviranus (1802:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  15. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  16. Voigt (1819:420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  17. Muirhead (1819:462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  18. Nilsson (1820:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
  19. Hemprich (1820:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  20. Smith (1827:305, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59866)
  21. Billberg (1827:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  22. Fischer (1829:485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  23. Burnett (1830:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  24. Sykes (1831:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67691)
  25. Melchior (1834:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)
  26. S.D.W. (1836:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2508316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43690)
  27. Schinz (1837:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
  28. Nordmann (1839:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)
  29. Blyth (1840:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  30. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  31. Lesson (1842:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  32. De Kay (1842:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  33. Gray (1843:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  34. Crespon (1844:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
  35. Tschudi (1844:254, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089029) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34348)
  36. Schinz (1845:465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  37. Sundevall (1847:281, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40482)
  38. Gistel (1848:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  39. Gray (1850:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  40. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  41. Rosenhauer (1856:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42185391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69178)
  42. Radde (1861:686, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  43. Radde (1862:254, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  44. Blyth (1863:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  45. Murray (1866:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  46. Brown (1868:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72298)
  47. Frantzius (1869:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7058641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72294)
  48. Sclater (1872:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  49. Noack (1887:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67855)
  50. Alfaro (1897:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  51. Schulze (1897:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  52. Lydekker (1898:259, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  53. Acloque (1900:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  54. Trouessart (1905:737, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  55. Ward (1910:378, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  56. Lydekker (1913:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  57. Schwarz (1914:126, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9403058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37108)
  58. Flower (1932:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)
  59. Allen (1939:549, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  60. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  61. Anderson (1972:395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  62. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  63. Grubb (1993:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  64. Anderson (1997:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  65. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  66. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  67. Arribas & Garrido (2008:469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18762)
  68. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  69. Jackson & Groves (2015:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  70. Jackson & Groves (2015:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  71. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #200000007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  72. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #200000007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  73. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  74. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  75. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)

Capra mambrica

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

mambrica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1772:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  4. Erxleben (1777:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  5. Borowski (1780:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67759)
  6. Kerr (1792:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  7. Shaw (1801:374, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  8. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra reversa

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

reversa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033880

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Borowski (1780:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67759)
  4. Kerr (1792:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  5. Shaw (1801:376, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  6. Schinz (1845:467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  7. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra Angorensis

Linnaeus, 1766

Family

Bovidae

Root name

angorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946291

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Shaw (1801:375, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  3. Gray (1850:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595029) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  4. Crisp (1862:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra Ibex Capricornus

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Bovidae

Root name

capricornus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873061

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra reuersa

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Bovidae

Root name

reuersa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

267

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873064

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Hircus Depressus

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

depressa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230110

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Rochebrune (1883:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)

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