Dog = canine Cat = feline Cow = bovine Goat = ?
What is the scientific name for the goat family?
A goat comes from the family bovidae the same as cows and all other horned artiodactyls. But I think the word you are looking for is ovine.
Correction the word is caprine. Onewhite is correct. My mistake!
Reply:goat = caprine
Not ovine, ovine is a sheep.
Reply:the scientific name of a goat is capra hircus
Reply:Capridae
Reply:Nanny, Billy and the Kids.....
Reply:Georgiae Bushius
Reply:The family is Capridae. The adjective is caprine.
Reply:Family- "Bovidae Gray" which covers antelopes, bovids, cattle, goats, sheep
If you want to know the family/phylum/ species of any animal go to http://www.itis.gov/index.html wonderful site for any zoology major.
caprine is the subfamily
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