Many species have become extinct since the last ice age, probably largely because of human interaction. The Armenian mouflon ( Ovis gmelini gmelini) is thought to be the ancestor of the modern domestic sheep ( Ovis aries). Some earlier taxonomies considered Caprinae a separate family called Capridae (with the members being caprids), but now it is usually considered either a subfamily within the Bovidae, or a tribe within the subfamily Antilopinae of the family Bovidae, with caprines being a type of bovid.Ĭharacteristics Skeleton of a Barbary sheep ( Ammotragus lervia) on display at the Museum of OsteologyĪlthough most goat-antelopes are gregarious and have fairly stocky builds, they diverge in many other ways – the muskox ( Ovibos moschatus) is adapted to the extreme cold of the tundra the mountain goat ( Oreamnos americanus) of North America is specialised for very rugged terrain the urial ( Ovis orientalis) occupies a largely infertile area from Kashmir to Iran, including much desert country. Prominent members include sheep and goats. A member of this subfamily is called a caprine, or, more informally, a goat-antelope (although they are not considered antelopes). The subfamily Caprinae, also sometimes referred to as the tribe Caprini, is part of the ruminant family Bovidae, and consists of mostly medium-sized bovids. Stone sheep ( Ovis dalli stonei) in British Columbia, 2009
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