Editing Caprinae (section)

{{Short description|Subfamily of mammals}}
{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with [[Antilocapridae]]. "Goat-antelope" redirects here. For the species sometimes called goat antelope, see [[Tibetan antelope]].}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Late Miocene | present}}
| image = Stone Sheep British Columbia.jpg
| image_caption = [[Stone sheep]] (''Ovis dalli stonei'') in [[British Columbia]], 2009
| taxon = Caprinae
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|J. E. Gray]], 1821
| subdivision_ranks = Tribes
| subdivision = * [[Caprini]]
* [[Ovibovini]]
* [[Pantholopini]]
}}

The subfamily '''Caprinae''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Caprinae |author= |work=IUCN |date= |access-date=31 January 2022 |url=https://www.iucn.org/commissions/ssc-groups/mammals/mammals-a-e/caprinae |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131102816/https://www.iucn.org/commissions/ssc-groups/mammals/mammals-a-e/caprinae |url-status=dead }}</ref> also sometimes referred to as the tribe '''Caprini''',<ref>{{Citation|last=Database|first=Mammal Diversity|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-11-06|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5651212 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5651212|access-date=2022-01-30}}</ref> is part of the [[ruminant]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Bovidae]],<ref name=Adw>{{cite web |last1=Gomez |first1=W. |last2=Patterson |first2=T. A. |last3=Swinton |first3=J. |last4=Berini |first4=J. |title=Bovidae: antelopes, cattle, gazelles, goats, sheep, and relatives |url=https://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Bovidae/ |website=Animal Diversity Web |publisher=University of Michigan Museum of Zoology |access-date=7 October 2014}}</ref> and consists of mostly medium-sized [[bovid]]s. A member of this subfamily is called a '''caprine'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caprine|title=Definition of CAPRINE|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref>

Prominent members include [[Ovis|sheep]] and [[Capra (genus)|goat]]s, with some other members referred to as '''goat antelopes'''. Some earlier [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomies]] considered Caprinae a separate family called Capridae (with the members being caprids), but now it is usually considered either a subfamily within the Bovidae, or a tribe within the subfamily [[Antilopinae]] of the family Bovidae, with caprines being a type of bovid.