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SPECIES Rupicapra rupicapra

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 68.
Common Name:Alpine Chamois
Type Locality:"Habitat in alpibus Helveticis summis inaccessis" (Switzerland).
Distribution:Albania, Alps (of Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Caucasus Mtns (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia), Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania (Carpathians), Slovakia (Tatra Mtns), Slovenia, Turkey, and Serbia and Montenegro; introduced to New Zealand.
Status:IUCN – Critically Endangered as R. r. cartusiana and R. r. tatrica, Vulnerable as R. r. caucasica, Data Deficient as R. r. asiatica, Lower Risk (lc) as R. r. balcanica, R. r. carpatica, R. r. rupicapra.
Comments:Revised by Hrabe and Koubek (1985), Lovari and Scala (1980, 1984), and Pemberton et al (1989).
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SUBSPECIES rupicapra

SUBSPECIES asiatica

SUBSPECIES balcanica

SUBSPECIES carpatica

SUBSPECIES tatrica

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