Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla - (Family) Bovidae

Original position

Pecora (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Caprini (Tribe) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758
Ovis guineensis Linnaeus, 1758
Ovis strepsiceros Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Caprini (Tribe) Gray, 1821

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 440.

Alternative positions

Bovidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 135.
Caprinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 408.
Pecora (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 97.

Historical positions

Caprini (Tribe) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 440.
Caprinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 408.
Bovidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 135.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Caprini (Tribe) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1061.
Bovidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Pecora (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 27, 97.
Pecora (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 19, 70.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6s;15ss; †1ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[6s]
1993	P. Grubb	[6s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[6[7]s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	6s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[3s;6v]