Capra (genus)
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Capra | |
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Female an male Siberie ibex at the Berlin Zoological Garden | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Faimily: | Bovidae |
Subfaimily: | Caprinae |
Tribe: | Caprini |
Genus: | Capra Linnaeus, 1758 |
Species | |
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Approximate range o the Capra species |
Capra is a genus o mammals, the gaits or wild gaits, componed o up tae nine species, includin the wild gait, the markhor, an several species kent as ibex. The domestic gait (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a domesticatit subspecies o the wild gait (Capra aegagrus). Evidence o gait domestication dates back mair nor 8,500 years.