RUPICAPEA 



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RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA LiliniBUS. 



1758. [Capra] rupicapra Linuaeus, Syst. Nat., i, 10th ed., p. G8 (Switzerland). 

 1829. ? Rupicapra hamulicornis Burnett, Quart. Joum. Sci. Lit. Art., 



1829, pt. II, p. 353 (noinen nudum). 

 1843. Rupicapra tragus Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. 167 



(Renaming of rupicapra). 

 1845. Rlupicainri] capella Bonaparte, Atti della sesta Riunione degli 



Scienziati Italiani, Milano, 1844, p. 337 (Renaming of rupicapra). 

 1847. \_Capra rupicapra^ a sylvatica Sundevall, Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. 



Handl., Stockliolm, 1845, p. 284 (Wooded portions of Alps). 

 1847. [Capra rupicapra'] fi alpina Sundevall, Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. 



Handl., Stockholm, 1845, p. 284 (Higher portions of Alps). 

 1857. Capella rupicapra Blasius, Siiugethiere Deutschlands, p. 488. 

 1870. Rupicapra europea Cornalia, Fauna d'ltalia, pt. i, p. 53 (Substitute 



for rupicapra ; " Cuv." cited as authority). 

 1897. [Rupicapra'] dorcas Schulze, Abhandl. u. Vortrage Gesammtb. Natur- 



wisseusch., iv. No. 10, p. 9 (Substitute for rupicain-a). 

 1910. Rupicapra rupicapra Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 235. 



Type locality. — Switzerland. 



GeograpMcal distribution. — -Alps and Apennines, eastward 

 through Tirol, the Carpathians and northern portion of Balkan 

 Peninsula to the Caucasus. 



Diagnosis. — General colour tawny brown in summer, blackish 

 brown in winter, the sides usually lighter than underparts and 



Rupicapra rupicapra, 

 Xi. 



Rupicapra rupicapra. 

 Incisiform teeth (iiat. size). 



legs ; a dark dorsal line sometimes present ; throat with con- 

 spicuous buffy whitish area extending slightly behind interramial 

 region ; neck never conspicuously paler on ventral and dorsal 

 surfaces than on sides ; a dark line along median dorsal region ; 



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