Pyrenean chamois

Pyrenean chamois
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Tribe: Caprini
Genus: Rupicapra
Species:
R. pyrenaica
Binomial name
Rupicapra pyrenaica
(Bonaparte, 1845)
Distribution of Pyrenean chamois

The Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) is a goat-antelope that lives in the Pyrenees and Cantabrian Mountains of Spain, France and Andorra, and the Apennine Mountains of central Italy. It is one of the two species of the genus Rupicapra, the other being the chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra.[1]

  1. ^ a b Herrero, J.; Lovari, S.; Nores, C.; Toigo, C. (2022). "Rupicapra pyrenaica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T19771A217715455. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T19771A217715455.en. Retrieved 21 July 2022.