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Definition of Genus rupicapra
1. Noun. Chamois.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Chamois, Rupicapra Rupicapra
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Rupicapra
Literary usage of Genus rupicapra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"Distribution.—The Rocky Mountains of North America. o. Skull ......
HA Ward [Ex.], 1889. Genus RUPICAPRA. Rupicapra, Blainville Bull. Soc. Philom., p. ..."
2. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"E. Genus RUPICAPRA. "¡O"). Rupicapra tragus, Gray. Alpine Chamois. Hitb. Savoy.
a. Male; b. Female. Presented by the King of Italy, Nov 3 1802. f. ..."
3. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"The other peculiar genus, Rupicapra (the chamois of the Alps), is found on all
the high mountains of Central Europe. Almost peculiar are Spalax (the ..."
4. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"Sub-Genus RUPICAPRA. 1010. The horns of the common Chamois. From Switzerland.
Antilope Rupicapra—Pall: (Capra Rupicapra—Lin:) Fig.—Schreb : t. 279. Ency. ..."
5. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1906)
"... from the genus Rupicapra or chamois. The subfamily is an early, mountain-living
offshoot of the ..."
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