Capra ibex

Linnaeus, 1758

Alpine Ibex

Also as European Ibex.
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Location: Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol or Lombardia, Stelvio National ParkDate taken: Jul 9, 2013

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3035

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

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 Ibex

Other common names

European Ibex

Type locality

Switzerland.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Switzerland · Germany · Liechtenstein · Austria · Italy · France

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006185

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: 9 names and synonyms.

Capra Ibex

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ibex

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 (1766:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1772:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  4. Erxleben (1777:261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  5. Leske (1779:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  6. Borowski (1780:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67759)
  7. Zimmermann (1783:157, 161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  8. Zimmermann (1783:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  9. Gmelin (1788:196, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  10. Kerr (1792:324, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  11. Borkhausen (1797:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  12. Cuvier (1797:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  13. Shaw (1801:364, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  14. Daudin (1802:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  15. Turton (1802:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  16. Treviranus (1802:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  17. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  18. Fischer (1803:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
  19. Treviranus (1803:179, 183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  20. Treviranus (1803:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  21. Pallas (1811:225, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37182)
  22. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  23. Voigt (1819:420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  24. Muirhead (1819:462, 463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  25. Hemprich (1820:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  26. Bowdich (1821:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43468)
  27. Schinz (1821:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  28. Desmarest (1822:480, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  29. Smith (1827:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59866)
  30. Lesson (1827:396, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  31. Fischer (1829:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  32. Burnett (1830:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  33. Eichwald (1831:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  34. Ehrenberg (1833:@sig. nn p. 2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68841)
  35. Schinz (1837:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
  36. Schinz (1838:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13323393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68904)
  37. Blyth (1840:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  38. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  39. Lesson (1842:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  40. Hodgson (1842:283, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37716)
  41. Gray (1843:167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  42. Hodgson (1844:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)
  43. Schinz (1845:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  44. Bonaparte (1845:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  45. Sundevall (1847:278, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40482)
  46. Gistel (1848:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  47. Gray (1850:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  48. Gray (1852:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  49. Murray (1866:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  50. Gray (1872:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  51. Sclater (1872:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  52. Schulze (1897:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  53. Lydekker (1898:271, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  54. Acloque (1900:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  55. Trouessart (1905:738, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  56. Ward (1910:372, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016015) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  57. Osborn (1910:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47352524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39483)
  58. Miller (1912:989, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  59. Lydekker (1913:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  60. Setzer (1956:583, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  61. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  62. Kurtén (1968:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  63. Osborn & Helmy (1980:515, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)
  64. Corbet & Hill (1980:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  65. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  66. Corbet & Hill (1991:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  67. Grubb (1993:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  68. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  69. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  70. Arribas & Garrido (2008:469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18762)
  71. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  72. Groves & Grubb (2011:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  73. Gippoliti (2013:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
  74. 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)
  75. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  76. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  77. Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
  78. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  79. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42397/161916377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hircus Ibex

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ibex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

Boddaert (1785:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)

Capra alpina

Girtanner, 1786

Family

Bovidae

Root name

alpina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

224

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6043103

Authority publication

Observations sur la physique, sur l'histoire naturelle et sur les arts

Name usages

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

Aries Ibex

(Link, 1795)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ibex

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)

Ibex Europea

(B. H. Hodgson, 1847)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

europea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

700

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1847:700, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39848)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ibex priscus

(Woldřich, 1893)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

prisca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

592

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7217359

Authority publication

Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Capra priscus

Trouessart, 1905

Family

Bovidae

Root name

prisca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

738

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423619

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:738, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Capra ibex graicus

Matschie, 1912

Family

Bovidae

Root name

graica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

102

Authority publication

Deutsche Jäger-Zeitung

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1912:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67351)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra ibex macedonica

Sickenberg, 1971

Family

Bovidae

Root name

macedonica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

230-264

Authority publication

Annales Géologiques des Pays Helléniques

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