Caprinae

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Goat antelopes
Barbary Sheep, Ammotragus lervia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Caprinae Gray, 1821 Pantholopinae

Caprinae is a subfamily of the even-toed ungulate family Bovidae. Animals of the Caprinae subfamily are called caprid or goat-antelope.

The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and domestic goat (Capra hircus) are part of this group.

[change] Taxonomy

• Subfamily Caprinae
  • Genus Pantholops
    • Tibetan Antelope or Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii)
  • Genus Capricornis
  • Genus Naemorhedus: Gorals
    • Himalayan Goral, Naemorhedus goral
    • Long-tailed Goral, Naemorhedus caudatus
    • Red Goral, Naemorhedus baileyi
    • Chinese Goral, Naemorhedus griseus
  • Genus Oreamnos
    • Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus)
  • Genus Rupicapra
    • Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
    • Pyrenean Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica)
  • Genus Myotragus
    • Myotragus balearicus †
  • Genus Budorcas
    • Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
  • Genus Ovibos
    • Musk Ox (Ovibos moschatus)
  • Genus Hemitragus
    • Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
  • Genus Nilgiritragus
    • Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius)
  • Genus Arabitragus
    • Arabian Tahr (Arabitragus jayakiri)
  • Genus Capra
    • Wild Goat (Capra aegagrus)
    • Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex)
    • Walia Ibex (Capra walie)
    • West Caucasian Tur (Capra caucasica)
    • East Caucasian Tur (Capra cylindricornis)
    • Spanish Ibex (Capra pyrenaica)
    • Markhor (Capra falconeri)
  • Genus Pseudois
    • Bharal (Pseudois nayaur)
    • Dwarf Blue Sheep (Pseudois schaeferi)
  • Genus Ammotragus
    • Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia)
  • Genus Ovis

[change] Images

An Alpine Ibex or steinbock

A Musk Ox

Barbary Sheep

Domestic sheep