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Oreamnos (mountain goat)

Taxonomy

Oreamnos was named by Rafinesque (1817) [possibly named as a subgenus of Mazama]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Rafinesque (1817) and Carroll (1988); and to Caprinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Species

O. americanus (syn. Mazama dorsata, Ovis montanus), O. harringtoni

Sister genera

Aragoral, Budorcas, Capra, Capricornis, Hemitragus, Myotragus, Naemorhaedus, Ovibos, Pantholops, Pseudois, Rupicapra

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Synonyms

Aplocerus was named by Hamilton-Smith (1827).

It was synonymized subjectively with Oreamnos by Frick (1927), Hall and Kellogg (1955) and Hall and Kelson (1959).
Haplocerus was named by Wagner (1844).

It was synonymized subjectively with Oreamnos by Frick (1937), Hall and Kellogg (1955) and Hall and Kelson (1959).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1817	Oreamnos Rafinesque
1827	Aplocerus Hamilton-Smith
1844	Haplocerus Wagner
1988	Oreamnos Carroll
2008	Oreamnos Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5

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