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Capra hircus

Puakani‘o

Goat

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Goat

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Puakani‘o (RR MK), Pu‘āni‘o (MG), Puakanio (AT PK), Pokoni‘o (MT MH), ‘Ūmeme‘ē (AK), Goat (PL), Puakaniho (TS TW); Other Polynesian - Kao (HAW, from 'cow'), Kūnānā / Nānā (HAW, lit. stand look)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food++++; Invasive - moderate, Pest - moderate

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++++		++++	++?	++

Northern Group: 0+
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
X	X		X

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); TETRAPODA; MAMMALIA; THERIA; EUTHERIA; Artiodactyla; Ruminantia; BOVIDAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -. Comment: NBSAP - Te Au-o-tonga (2 of 2 domestic), NBSAP - Puaikura (3 of 3 domestic animals), NBSAP - Mitiaro (4 of 4 domestic animals), NBSAP - Mangaia (x of 2 domestic), NBSAP - Atiu (2 of 5 domestic)
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Food++++
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Invasive - moderate, Pest - moderate. Comments: One of world's 100 invasive alien species [ISSG,2001].

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004, have been present but had died.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM05b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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