he-goat vs caprine animal

he-goat and caprine animal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
he-goat	Yes	No	No	No
caprine animal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, caprine animal is a hypernym of he-goat; that is, caprine animal is a word with a broader meaning than he-goat:

he-goat: male goat
caprine animal: any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns

Other hypernyms of he-goat include goat.

he-goat (noun)	caprine animal (noun)
male goat	any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns