RUPICAPRA 



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RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA Linnteus. 



1758. [Capra] rupicapra Linnaras, Syst. Nat., i, 10th ed., p. 68 (Switzerland). 

 1829. 1 Bupicapra kamulicornis Burnett, Quart. Journ. Sci. Lit. Art., 



1829, pt. ii, p. 353 (nomen nudum). 

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



(Renaming of rupicapra). 

 1845. B[upicapra] capella Bonaparte, Atti della sesta Biunione degli 



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

 1847. [Copra rupicapra] a sylvatica Sundevall, Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. 



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

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



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

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

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



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

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



wissenach., iv, No. 10, p. 9 (Substitute for rupicapra). 

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



Type locality. — Switzerland. 



Geographical 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 



Fia. 212. 



Rupicapra rupicapra. 



X t. 



Fig. 213. 



Rupicapra rupicapra. 



Incisiform teeth (nat. 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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