Author: | Bonaparte, 1845. |
Citation: | Cat. Meth. Mamm. Europe: 17. |
Common Name: | Pyrenean Chamois |
Type Locality: | Spain, "Mont. Pyren." (Pyrenees). |
Distribution: | Appenine Mtns (Italy), Cantabrian Mtns (Spain), and Pyrenees (France and N Spain). |
Status: | CITES – Appendix I as R. pyrenaica ornata; U.S. ESA – Endangered as R. rupicapra ornata; IUCN – Endangered as R. p. ornata, Lower Risk (lc) as R. pyrenaica. |
Comments: | Revised by Lovari and Scala (1980) and Scala and Lovari (1984). Regarded as a species distinct from R. rupicapra by Lovari (1985, 1987). |
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