Up to 80 cm tall, its summer coat is a ruddy brown; in winter, it is black or brown, with darker patches around the eyes. Both males and females have backward-hooked horns up to 20 cm in length. They browse on grass, lichens and buds of trees. Sure-footed and agile, they are found on any elevation up to 3000 m.
Conservationedit
Like other species of chamois, it was hunted almost to extinction, especially in the 1940s, for the production of chamois leather. The population has since recovered, and in 2022 was estimated to be about 50,000 mature individuals.[2][1]
Referencesedit
^ abcHerrero, 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.
^Pérez-Barbería, F. J., García-González, R. (2004). Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Carrascal, L. M., Salvador, A. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Madrid, Spain.
Haack, M. 2002. Rupicapra pyrenaica. Animal Diversity Web. Accessed February 20, 2006.
Pérez, T., Albornoz, J. & Domínguez, A. (2002). Phylogeography of chamois (Rupicapra spp.) inferred from microsatellites. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 25, 524–534.
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pyrenean, chamois, rupicapra, pyrenaica, goat, antelope, that, lives, pyrenees, cantabrian, mountains, spain, france, andorra, apennine, mountains, central, italy, species, genus, rupicapra, other, being, chamois, rupicapra, rupicapra, conservation, status, le. 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 Pyrenean chamois Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific 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 Contents 1 Names 2 Subspecies 3 Description 4 Conservation 5 ReferencesNames editSpanish rebeco gamuza French izard isard Galician rebezo Asturian robecu robezu Catalan isard Italian camoscio dei Pirenei camoscio appenninico Basque pirinioetako sarrioa Aragonese sarrio chizardoSubspecies editImage Subspecies Distribution nbsp R p pyrenaica Pyrenean chamois France and Spain nbsp R p parva Cantabrian chamois Spain nbsp R p ornata Abruzzo chamois Central and southern ItalyDescription editUp to 80 cm tall its summer coat is a ruddy brown in winter it is black or brown with darker patches around the eyes Both males and females have backward hooked horns up to 20 cm in length They browse on grass lichens and buds of trees Sure footed and agile they are found on any elevation up to 3000 m Conservation editLike other species of chamois it was hunted almost to extinction especially in the 1940s for the production of chamois leather The population has since recovered and in 2022 was estimated to be about 50 000 mature individuals 2 1 References edit a b c 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 Perez Barberia F J Garcia Gonzalez R 2004 Rebeco Rupicapra pyrenaica Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Espanoles Carrascal L M Salvador A Eds Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Madrid Spain Haack M 2002 Rupicapra pyrenaica Animal Diversity Web Accessed February 20 2006 Perez T Albornoz J amp Dominguez A 2002 Phylogeography of chamois Rupicapra spp inferred from microsatellites Mol Phylogenet Evol 25 524 534 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pyrenean chamois amp oldid 1222428584, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
