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SUBFAMILY Caprinae

Author:Gray, 1821.
Citation:London Med. Repos., 15: 307.
Comments:Caprini includes Ammotragus, Capra, Hemitragus, Ovis, Oreamnos, Pseudois, and Rupicapra; Naemorhedini includes Capricornis and Naemorhedus; Ovibovini includes Budorcas and Ovibos; Pantholopini includes Pantholops. Placing of Pantholops in the Caprinae is supported by morphological and molecular studies (Gatesy et al., 1997; Gentry, 1992; Hassanin et al., 1998; Vrba and Schaller, 2000). It may be the sister taxon of all other Caprinae. Relationshiops in the rest of the Caprinae are problematical. Nadler et al. (1973) noted identity of karyotypes in Ammotragus and Ovis (O. aries arkar). From electrophoresis of proteins, Hartl et al. (1990) obtained the following tree: (Ovis) ((Rupicapra, Oreamnos) ((Hemitragus) (Ammotragus, Capra))). Hassanin et al. (1998) recognised three clades on the basis of their studies of cytochrome b sequences, namely (1) Capricornis, Naemorhedus, Ovibos; (2) Capra, Hemitragus, Pseudois; and (3) Budorcas, Ovis; with the positions of Ammotragus, Oreamnos and Rupicapra less certain; Ovibovini hence appeared to be polyphyletic. The tree based on behavior, glands, skull and postcrania (Vrba and Schaller, 2000) is of the following form: (Budorcas) ((Ovibos) ((Oreamnos) (Naemorhedus, Capricornis)))) ((Ovis) ((Pseudois) (Capra, Hemitragus))). Distribution reviewed by Shackleton (1997).
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GENUS Ammotragus

SPECIES lervia

SUBSPECIES lervia

SUBSPECIES angusi

SUBSPECIES blainei

SUBSPECIES fassini

SUBSPECIES ornatus

SUBSPECIES sahariensis

GENUS Budorcas

SPECIES taxicolor

SUBSPECIES taxicolor

SUBSPECIES bedfordi

SUBSPECIES tibetana

SUBSPECIES whitei

GENUS Capra

SPECIES caucasica

SUBSPECIES caucasica

SUBSPECIES cylindricornis

SUBSPECIES severtzovi

SPECIES falconeri

SUBSPECIES falconeri

SUBSPECIES heptneri

SUBSPECIES megaceros

SPECIES hircus

SUBSPECIES hircus

SUBSPECIES aegagrus

SUBSPECIES chialtanensis

SUBSPECIES cretica

SUBSPECIES jourensis

SUBSPECIES picta

SPECIES ibex

SPECIES nubiana

SPECIES pyrenaica

SPECIES sibirica

SPECIES walie

GENUS Capricornis

SPECIES crispus

SPECIES milneedwardsii

SUBSPECIES milneedwardsii

SUBSPECIES maritimus

SPECIES rubidus

SPECIES sumatraensis

SPECIES swinhoei

SPECIES thar

GENUS Hemitragus

SPECIES hylocrius

SPECIES jayakari

SPECIES jemlahicus

GENUS Naemorhedus

SPECIES baileyi

SPECIES caudatus

SPECIES goral

SUBSPECIES goral

SUBSPECIES bedfordi

SPECIES griseus

SUBSPECIES griseus

SUBSPECIES evansi

GENUS Oreamnos

SPECIES americanus

GENUS Ovibos

SPECIES moschatus

GENUS Ovis

SPECIES ammon

SUBSPECIES ammon

SUBSPECIES collium

SUBSPECIES comosa

SUBSPECIES darwini

SUBSPECIES hodgsonii

SUBSPECIES karelini

SUBSPECIES nigrimontana

SUBSPECIES polii

SUBSPECIES severtzovi

SPECIES aries

SUBSPECIES aries

SUBSPECIES arkal

SUBSPECIES cycloceros

SUBSPECIES isphahanica

SUBSPECIES laristanica

SUBSPECIES musimon

SUBSPECIES ophion

SUBSPECIES orientalis

SUBSPECIES vignei

SPECIES canadensis

SUBSPECIES canadensis

SUBSPECIES californiana

SUBSPECIES cremnobates

SUBSPECIES mexicana

SUBSPECIES nelsoni

SUBSPECIES weemsi

SPECIES dalli

SUBSPECIES dalli

SUBSPECIES stonei

SPECIES nivicola

SUBSPECIES nivicola

SUBSPECIES borealis

SUBSPECIES kodarensis

SUBSPECIES koriakorum

GENUS Pantholops

SPECIES hodgsonii

GENUS Pseudois

SPECIES nayaur

SPECIES schaeferi

GENUS Rupicapra

SPECIES pyrenaica

SUBSPECIES pyrenaica

SUBSPECIES ornata

SPECIES rupicapra

SUBSPECIES rupicapra

SUBSPECIES asiatica

SUBSPECIES balcanica

SUBSPECIES carpatica

SUBSPECIES tatrica

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