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:9 July 2013Description:Also as European Ibex.

Distribution :

Formerly the Alps of Austria, France, Germany, N Italy, and Switzerland; extinct except in Italy but reintroduced into its former range.

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

Austria · France · Germany · Italy · Liechtenstein · Switzerland

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006185

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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: 10 names and synonyms.

Capra Ibex

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ibex

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

in Wallesiae præruptis inaccessis

Type locality

Switzerland: Valais.

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Linnaeus (1758:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
Linnaeus (1766:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
Boddaert (1772:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
Erxleben (1777:261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
Leske (1779:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
Borowski (1780:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67759)
Zimmermann (1783:157, 161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Zimmermann (1783:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Gmelin (1788:196, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:324, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Borkhausen (1797:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
Cuvier (1797:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
Shaw (1801:364, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
Daudin (1802:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Turton (1802:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Treviranus (1802:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Fischer (1803:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
Treviranus (1803:179, 183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
Treviranus (1803:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
Pallas (1811:225, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37182)
Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Voigt (1819:420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
Muirhead (1819:462, 463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Hemprich (1820:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
Bowdich (1821:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43468)
Schinz (1821:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Desmarest (1822:480, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
Smith (1827:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59866)
Lesson (1827:396, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Burnett (1830:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
Eichwald (1831:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
Ehrenberg (1833:@sig. nn p. 2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68841)
Schinz (1837:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
Schinz (1838:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13323393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68904)
Blyth (1840:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
Lesson (1842:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Hodgson (1842:283, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37716)
Gray (1843:167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
Hodgson (1844:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)
Schinz (1845:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
Bonaparte (1845:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
Sundevall (1847:278, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40482)
Gistel (1848:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
Gray (1850:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
Gray (1852:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
Murray (1866:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Gray (1872:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
Sclater (1872:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Schulze (1897:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
Lydekker (1898:271, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
Acloque (1900:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
Trouessart (1905:738, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Ward (1910:372, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016015) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
Osborn (1910:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47352524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39483)
Miller (1912:989, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
Lydekker (1913:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:406, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Setzer (1956:583, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
Wurster & Benirschke (1968:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
Kurtén (1968:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
Osborn & Helmy (1980:515, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)
Corbet & Hill (1980:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Grubb (1993:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
Arribas & Garrido (2008:469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18762)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
Groves & Grubb (2011:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
Gippoliti (2013:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
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)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
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

Original type locality

in Wallesiae præruptis inaccessis

Type locality

Switzerland: Valais.

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

Link (1795:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
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

Type locality

Europe.

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

Ibex priscus

Woldřich, 1893

Family

Bovidae

Root name

prisca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Gudenushöhle

Type locality

Austria: Lower Austria.

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

Original type locality

bei Valsavaranche südwestlich von Aosta erlegt worden

Type locality

Italy: Aosta Valley.

Authority page

102

Authority publication

Deutsche Jäger-Zeitung

Name usages

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

Capra ibex ibex:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ibex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

406

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722707

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:406, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Capra ibex macedonica

Sickenberg, 1971

Family

Bovidae

Root name

macedonica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Greece: Central Macedonia: 40°22′9″N, 23°9′33″E.

Authority page

230-264

Authority publication

Annales Géologiques des Pays Helléniques

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