Capra caucasica

von Güldenstädt & Pallas, 1783

Kuban Tur

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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1783. _Capra caucasica_, e schedis cel. A. I. Güldenstaedt, redigente. Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 1779(2):273-281.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10127832

Original name as described

Capra caucasica

Other common names

Caucasian Ibex · Severtzov's Tur · West Caucasian Tur · Western Tur

Type locality

Central Caucasus.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Georgia

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. cylindricornis, although the two may be synonymous and there is evidence of hybrid zones between them

Taxonomy notes citation

Weinberg, P.J., Akkiev, M.I. and Buchukuri, R.G. 2010. Clineal variation in Caucasian Tur and its taxonomic relevance. Galemys 22((special issue)): 375-394.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006181

Country distribution map

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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 severtzowi

Menzbier, 1888

Family

Bovidae

Root name

severtzowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

619

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31784276

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1913:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Aries caucasicus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caucasicus

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 Caucasia

Lesson, 1842

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caucasia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

182

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Ibex Caucasica

(Hodgson, 1847)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caucasica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

700

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126225

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Hodgson (1847:700, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39848)

Ægoceros Caucasica

(J. E. Gray, 1852)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caucasica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956561

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1852:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  2. Gray (1872:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Capra caucasica dinniki

J. R. Ward, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

dinniki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

384

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016027

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ward (1910:384, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Capra hircus raddi

J. R. Ward, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

raddi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

378

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016021

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ward (1910:378, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Capra caucasica severtzowi

J. R. Ward, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

severtzowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016026

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ward (1910:383, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Capra caucasica caucasica

Lydekker, 1913

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caucasica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771820

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1913:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra severtzowi dinniki

Lydekker, 1913

Family

Bovidae

Root name

dinniki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771824

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Lydekker (1913:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Capra severtzowi severtzowi

Lydekker, 1913

Family

Bovidae

Root name

severtzowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771823

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Lydekker (1913:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Capra caucasica

von Güldenstädt & Pallas, 1783

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caucasica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

275

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10127832

Authority publication

Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Lesson (1827:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Gray (1850:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  4. Lydekker (1898:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  5. Ward (1910:383, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  6. Lydekker (1913:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  9. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  11. Groves & Grubb (2011:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  12. Groves & Grubb (2011:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3794/22143809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Aegoceros ammon

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ammon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114162

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

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

Capra raddei

Matschie, 1901

Family

Bovidae

Root name

raddei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

32

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Capra dinniki

Satunin, 1905

Family

Bovidae

Root name

dinniki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

344

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10359708

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Capra caucasica typica

J. R. Ward, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

typica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016026

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ward (1910:383, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Capra ibex severtzovi

E. Schwarz, 1935

Family

Bovidae

Root name

severtzovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

434

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Capra caucasica praepyrenaica

Crégut-Bonnoure, 2002

Family

Bovidae

Root name

praepyrenaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unpublished_thesis

Authority publication

Université de Lyon-1

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