Capra aegagrus

Erxleben, 1777

Wild Goat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Caprini
Genus : Capra

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Impensis Weygandianis, Leipzig, 636 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873057

Original name as described

Capra Aegagrus

Other common names

Bezoar · Bezoar Ibex · Chiltan Goat

Type locality

Daghestan District of Caucasus, S Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkey · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Iraq · Iran · Turkmenistan · Afghanistan? · Pakistan

Taxonomy notes

wild form of C. hircus

Taxonomy notes citation

Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J., & Groves, C. P. (2004). The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(5), 645-651.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006180

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Capra falconeri chialtanensis

Lydekker, 1913

Family

Bovidae

Root name

chialtanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.3.15.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a460c5b2-8649-4372-b6d2-86dda48a8526

Authority page

171

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771858

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Lydekker (1913:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Capra aegagrus turcmenicus

Tsalkin, 1950

Family

Bovidae

Root name

turcmenica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-38794

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-38794

Authority page

325

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Aries aegagrus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

aegagrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

xv

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130076

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:xv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Capra oegragus

Crespon, 1844

Family

Bovidae

Root name

oegragus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795717

Authority publication

Nîmes

Name usages

Crespon (1844:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)

Hircus Ægagrus

(J. E. Gray, 1852)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

aegagrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956566

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1852:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  2. Gray (1872:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Capra hircus ægagrus

Lydekker, 1898

Family

Bovidae

Root name

aegagrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

260

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370248

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1898:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  2. Ward (1910:378, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Lydekker (1913:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra hircus blythi

Lydekker, 1898

Family

Bovidae

Root name

blythi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370254

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1898:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  2. Ward (1910:378, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Lydekker (1913:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Mazama [Blastoceros] bezoartica

(J. R. Ward, 1910)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bezoartica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015755

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ward (1910:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Capra hircus chialtanensis

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

chialtanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Capra hircus neglectus

Groves & Grubb, 2011

Family

Bovidae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

226

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Capra bezoartica

Linnaeus, 1766

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bezoartica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946292

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

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

Capra Aegagrus

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Bovidae

Root name

aegagrus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

260

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873057

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Lesson (1827:398, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  5. Hodgson (1847:700, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39848)
  6. Gray (1850:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  7. Blyth (1863:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  8. Matschie (1913:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67190)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1980:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  11. Groves & Grubb (2011:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  12. Groves & Grubb (2011:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3786/22145942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Antilope Gazella

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gazella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

190

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751410

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

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

capra ægagrus ferus

A. G. Desmarest, 1822

Family

Bovidae

Root name

fera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

482

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521926

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Capra œgagrus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Bovidae

Root name

oegagrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

182

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra Caucasica

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caucasica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

167

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729892

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Capra aegragus

Temminck, 1844

Family

Bovidae

Root name

aegragus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607641

Authority publication

Leiden

Capra blythi

Hume, 1875

Family

Bovidae

Root name

blythi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36188133

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

capra algagrus

Anonymous, 1883

Family

Bovidae

Root name

algagrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

538

Authority publication

Boletim da Sociedade de Geographia de Lisboa

Capra persica

Matschie, 1905

Family

Bovidae

Root name

persica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

174

Authority publication

Das Weidwerk in Wort und Bild

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Capra cilicica

Matschie, 1907

Family

Bovidae

Root name

cilicica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

237

Authority publication

Das Weidwerk in Wort und Bild

Name usages

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

Capra florstedti

Matschie, 1907

Family

Bovidae

Root name

florstedti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

237

Authority publication

Das Weidwerk in Wort und Bild

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Capra oegagyrus

França, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

oegagyrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

143

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Portugaise des Sciences Naturelles

Name usages

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

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