Global InformationPlasmodium caprae information
| Plasmodium caprae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. caprae
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium caprae de Mello and Paes, 1923
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Plasmodium caprae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species P. caprae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are domestic goats, Capra aegagrus.[citation needed] The specific epithet for P. caprae, "caprae," comes from the genus name, "Capra," for the goat.