Caprinae facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 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.

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

Images for kids

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  Skeleton of a Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) on display at the Museum of Osteology

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  Palaeoreas lindermayeri fossil

See also

In Spanish: Caprinos para niños