Capra pyrenaica

H. R. Schinz, 1838

Iberian Ibex

Quartering, front view of standing adult male; Capra pyrenaica hispanica. Also as Spanish Ibex.
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Location:USA, CA, San Diego Co., San Diego ZooDate taken:Aug 10, 2003

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1771

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

Schinz, H.R. 1838. Bemerkungen ueber die Arten der wilden Ziegen, besonders mit Beziehung auf den sibirischen Steinbock, den Steinbock der Alpen und den Steinbock der Pyrenæen. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften 2:1-25.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13323393

Original name as described

Capra pyrenaica

Other common names

Spanish Ibex · Spanish Wild Goat

Type locality

Pyrenees.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Portugal · Spain

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006187

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: 12 names and synonyms.

Capra pyrenaica

H. R. Schinz, 1838

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pyrenaica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13323393

Authority publication

Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1838:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13323393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68904)
  2. Schinz (1845:457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  3. Bonaparte (1845:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  4. Sundevall (1847:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40482)
  5. Gray (1850:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  6. Murray (1866:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  7. Lydekker (1898:253, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  8. Trouessart (1905:737, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  9. Ward (1910:381, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  10. Miller (1912:989, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  11. Lydekker (1913:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  12. Kurtén (1968:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  13. Corbet & Hill (1980:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  14. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:330, 331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  15. Corbet & Hill (1991:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  16. Grubb (1993:406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  17. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  18. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  19. Arribas & Garrido (2008:469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18762)
  20. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  21. Groves & Grubb (2011:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  22. Sauqué, Rabal-Garcés & Cuenca-Bescós (2016:480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20867)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  24. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  25. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  26. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3798/195855497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Capra hispanica

Schimper, 1848

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hispanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

318

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2810900

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Rosenhauer (1856:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42185391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69178)
  2. Murray (1866:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Sclater (1872:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  4. Seabra (1900:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68463)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ægoceros Pyrenaica

(J. E. Gray, 1852)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pyrenaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956560

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1852:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956560) (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 lusitanica

Schlegel, 1872

Family

Bovidae

Root name

lusitanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Amsterdam

Name usages

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

Capra pyrenaica hispanica

Lydekker, 1898

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hispanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370246

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1898:258, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  2. Trouessart (1905:737, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  3. Ward (1910:381, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  4. Miller (1912:991, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  5. Lydekker (1913:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Capra pyrenaica typica

Lydekker, 1898

Family

Bovidae

Root name

typica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

257

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370245

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1898:257, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra pyrenaica victoriae

Cabrera, 1911

Family

Bovidae

Root name

victoriae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 448

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

975

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31570755

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:991, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Lydekker (1913:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Capra pyrenaica lusitanica

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Bovidae

Root name

lusitanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

991

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422310

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:991, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Lydekker (1913:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Bovidae

Root name

pyrenaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

990

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422309

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:990, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Lydekker (1913:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Capra cabrerae

Camerano, 1916

Family

Bovidae

Root name

cabrerae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

571

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12141544

Authority publication

Atti della Reale accademia della scienze di Torino

Name usages

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

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