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Capra

Goats

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taxon links [up-->]Capra nubiana [up-->]Capra walie [up-->]Capra hircus [up-->]Capra pyrenaica [up-->]Capra falconeri [up-->]Capra sibirica [up-->]Capra cylindricornis [up-->]Capra ibex [up-->]Capra caucasica [down<--]Caprinae Interpreting the tree
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Relationships after Manceau et al. 1999, Pidancier et al. 2006, and Kazanskaya et a. 2007.
Containing group: Caprinae

Other Names for Capra

References

Hartl, G. B., H. Burger, R. Willing, and F. Suchentrunk. 1990. On the biochemical systematics of the Caprini and Rupicaprini. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 18:175–182.

Kazanskaya, E. Y., M. V. Kuznetsova, and A. A. Danilkin. 2007. Phylogenetic reconstructions in the genus Capra (Bovidae, Artiodactyla) based on the mitochondrial DNA analysis. Russian Journal of Genetics 43(2):181-189.

Manceau, V., L. Despres, J. Bouvet, and P. Taberlet. 1999. Systematics of the genus Capra inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 13:504-510.

Pidancier, N., S. Jordan, G. Luikart and P. Taberlet. 2006. Evolutionary history of the genus Capra (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): Discordance between mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome phylogenies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40(3):739-749.

Porter, V. 1996. Goats of the World. Farming Press, Ipswich, UK.

Ropiquet, A. and A. Hassanin. 2006. Hybrid origin of the Pliocene ancestor of wild goats. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41(2):395-404.

Schaller, G. B. 1977. Mountain Monarchs: Wild Sheep and Goats of the Himalaya. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Shackleton, D. M. 1997. Wild Sheep and Goats and their Relatives: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Caprinae. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Valdez, R. 1985. Lords of the Pinnacles. Wild Goats of the World. Wild Sheep and Goat Council, Messila, New Mexico.

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Scientific Name Capra ibex
Location Creux-du-Van near Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex Male
Source Ibex lying
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2003 Tambako The Jaguar
Scientific Name Capra falconeri
Location captive at Columbus Zoo
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Markhor
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Mike McBride
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