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Caperea— Continued. 
Type: Balena ( Caperea) antipodarum Gray, from Otago, New Zealand. 
Caperea: Lat. capero, to wrinkle—from the ‘rugulose’ character of the tympanic 
bone. 
Capiguara Liais, 1872. Glires, Caviidze. 
Climats, Géol., Faune et Géog. Botanique du Brésil, 545, 1872. 
New name for Hydrocherus Brisson, 1762. | ** Nous adopterons done comme nom 
générique le vrai nom indien, et nous prendrons pour désignation scientifique 
de l'espéce vivante le nom de Capiguara americana." 
Capiguara: Native name from capi or capim, herb; guara, a tense of the verb u 
signifying one who eats—hence an ‘herb eater.’ (Liais.) 
Capra Linnzxus, 1758. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovide. 
Systema Naturze, 10th ed., 68-70, 1758; 12th ed., 94-97, 1766; OarrBy, Proc. Zool. 
Soc. London, for 1836, No. xrvin, 137, June 27, 1837 (type fixed). 
Species, 12: Cupra hircus Linnzeus (type), and C. iber Linnzeus, from Europe; C. 
rupicapra Linneeus, from the Alps; C. depressa Linuveus, and C. reversa Linn:eus, 
from America; C. pygm:a Linnzeus, from Guinea; C. gazella Linnzeus, and C. 
cervicapra Linnseus, from India; €. dorcas Linnzeus, and C. grimmia Linneeus, 
from Africa; C. mambrica Linnzeus, from India; and €. ammon Linnzeus, from 
Siberia. 
Capra: Lat., she-goat. 
Caprea OaiLpy, 1837. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervide. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, for 1836, No. xrvii, 135, June 27, 1837. 
Type: Caprea capreolus, from Europe. See Capreolus Frisch, 1775. 
Caprea: Lat., wild goat, roedeer. 
Caprella MansnHnarr, 1892. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
MansHALL, in Trouessart’s Geog. Verbreit. Tiere, 66, 1892. 
Misprint for Capella KEvsERLING & Buastus, 1840. 
Name preoccupied by Caprella Lamarck, 1801, a genus of Crustacea. 
Capreolus Friscu, 1775. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervid:e. 
Das Natur-System vierfüss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 3, Tab. Gen., 1775; Gray, Lon- 
don Med. Repos., XV, No. 88, p. 307, Apr. 1, 1821. 
Type: ‘Das Rehe,’ Cervus capreolus Linneeus, from Europe. 
Capreolus: Lat., wild goat, roebuck; dim. of capreus, wild goat. 
Capricornis Ocirsy, 1837. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, for 1836, No. xrvii, 139, June 27, 1857. 
Type: Antilope thar Hodgson, from the Erna ene, India. 
Capricornis: Lat. capricornus, steinbok, ibex (from caper, goat; cornu, horn)— 
i. e., with goat-like horns. 
Capricornulus Hxrpzg, 1898. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Mém. Hist. Nat. Empire Chinois, IV, pt. 1, 13, 1898. 
Species, 3: Antilope crispa Temminck & Schlegel, Capricornis pryerianus Heude, 
and €. saxicola Heude, from the island of Nipon, Japan. 
Capricornulus: Dim. of capricornus, capricorn, having a goat’s horns. 
Caprina (subg. of Antilope) WAGNER, 1844. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Bovidee. 
Suppl. Schreber's Siiugthiere, IV, pp. xi, 457-464, 1844. 
Species, 6: Antilope sumatrensis Shaw, from Sumatra; A. goral Hardwicke, from 
Nepal; 4. thar Hodgson, from central Nepal; A. crispa Temminck, from Japan; 
A. lanigera H. Smith, from «he Rocky Mountains; and A. rupicapra (Linneeus), 
from the Alps, ene 
Name preoccupied by Caprina Mathéron, 1842, a genus af Mollusca. 
Caprina: Lat., pertaining to goats, goat-like—in allusion to the animals’ habits 
and mode of life. 
