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Goat antelopes
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Barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia
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Caprinae
Gray, 1821
Pantholopinae

Caprinae is a subfamily of the even-toed ungulate family Bovidae. Animals of the Caprinae subfamily are called caprid or goat-antelope.

The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and domestic goat (Capra hircus) are part of this group.

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