Rupicapra
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| Rupicapra | |
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| Chamois | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Rupicapra Blainville, 1816 |
Rupicapra is a genus of the family Bovidae (bovids),[1] which contains two species:
- Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
- Pyrenean Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica).
[edit] References
- ^ Grubb, Peter (16 November 2005). "Order Artiodactyla (pp. 637-722)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 711-712. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200855.
[edit] External links and references
Rupicapra at the Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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