# Pyrenean chamois

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{{Short description|Species of mammal}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Pyrenean chamois
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Rupicapra pyrenaica'' |author=Herrero, J. |author2=Lovari, S. |author3=Nores, C. |author4=Toigo, C. |date=2022|article-number=e.T19771A217715455|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T19771A217715455.en|access-date=21 July 2022}}</ref>
| image = Isard des pyrenees bigorre 2003.jpg
| taxon = Rupicapra pyrenaica
| authority = ([Bonaparte](/source/Charles_Lucien_Bonaparte), 1845)
| range_map = Rupicapra pyrenaica range Map.png
| range_map_caption = Distribution of Pyrenean chamois
}}

The '''Pyrenean chamois''' ('''''Rupicapra pyrenaica''''') is a [goat-antelope](/source/goat-antelope) that lives in the [Pyrenees](/source/Pyrenees) and [Cantabrian Mountains](/source/Cantabrian_Mountains) of [Spain](/source/Spain), [France](/source/France) and [Andorra](/source/Andorra), and the [Apennine Mountains](/source/Apennine_Mountains) of central [Italy](/source/Italy). It is one of the two species of the genus ''Rupicapra'', the other being the [chamois](/source/chamois), ''Rupicapra rupicapra''.<ref name=iucn />

==Names==
*[Aragonese](/source/Aragonese_language): ''sarrio'', ''chizardo''
*[Asturian](/source/Asturian_language): ''robecu/robezu''
*[Basque](/source/Basque_language): ''pirinioetako sarrioa''
*[Catalan](/source/Catalan_language): ''isard''
*[French](/source/French_language): ''izard/isard''
*[Galician](/source/Galician_language): ''rebezo''
*[Italian](/source/Italian_language): ''camoscio dei Pirenei'', ''camoscio appenninico''
*[Occitan](/source/Occitan_language): ''isard'', ''sarri''
*[Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): ''rebeco'', ''gamuza''

== Subspecies ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Image !! Subspecies !! Distribution
|-
|120px ||''[R. p. pyrenaica](/source/R._p._pyrenaica)'' (Pyrenean chamois)|| Andorra, France and Spain
|-
|120px ||''[R. p. parva](/source/Cantabrian_chamois)'' (Cantabrian chamois)|| Spain
|-
|120px ||''[R. p. ornata](/source/R._p._ornata)'' (Abruzzo chamois)|| Central and southern Italy
|-
|}

==Description==
Up to 80&nbsp;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 [horn](/source/Horn_(anatomy))s up to 20&nbsp;cm in length. They browse on [grass](/source/grass), [lichen](/source/lichen)s and buds of trees. [Sure-footed](/source/Sure-footed) and agile, they are found on any elevation up to 3000&nbsp;m.

==Conservation==
Like other species of chamois, it was hunted almost to [extinction](/source/extinction), especially in the 1940s, for the production of [chamois leather](/source/chamois_leather). The population has since recovered, and in 2022 was estimated to be about 50,000 mature individuals.<ref>Pérez-Barbería, F. J., García-González, R. (2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20051229232203/http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/mamiferos/pdf/ruppyr.pdf "Rebeco – Rupicapra pyrenaica."] Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Carrascal, L. M., Salvador, A. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Madrid, Spain.</ref><ref name=iucn />

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==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Haack, M. 2002. [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Rupicapra_pyrenaica.html ''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.

{{Artiodactyla|R.3}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q902896}}

Category:Caprinae
Category:Fauna of the Pyrenees
Category:Mammals of Europe
Category:Mammals described in 1845
Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Category:Habitats Directive species

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