Rupicapra

Rupicapra pyrenaica (Pyrenean Chamois)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ruminantia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Artiodactyla Subordo: Ruminantia

Familia: Bovidae
Subfamilia: Caprinae
Genus: Rupicapra
Species: R. pyrenaica - R. rupicapra

Name

Rupicapra Garsault, 1764: pl. 704 (Welter-Schultes & Klug, 2009)

Type species: Capra rupicapra Linnaeus, 1758, by absolute tautonymy by Blainville (1816: 75). [also by subsequent designation; also fixed under the plenary power in Opinion 91]

Note:: Rupicapra as used by Blainville, 1816 is a subsequent use of Rupicapra Garsault, 1764. (Welter-Schultes & Klug, 2009)

References

Primary references

• Garsault, F.A.P. de 1764. Les figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en médecine, décrits dans la Matière Médicale de Mr. Geoffroy Médecin, dessinés d'après nature. Gravés par Mrs. Defehrt, Prevost, Duflos, Martinet &c. Niquet scrip. Vol. 5. pl. 644–729. Paris: Desprez. BHL. Reference page. 
• Welter-Schultes, F.W. & Klug, R. 2009. Nomenclatural consequences resulting from the rediscovery of Les figures des plantes et animaux d’usage en médecine, a rare work published by Garsault in 1764, in the zoological literature. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66(3): 225–241. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v66i3.a1. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rupicapra in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Chamois
español: Rebecos
suomi: Gemssit

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