Rupicapra rupicapra

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• Common Names
• Description
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Ecology: Alpine chamois inhabit steep, rocky areas in the mountains, utilizing a variety of habitats including alpine meadows, open rocky areas, mixed broadleaf woodland, and coniferous woodland (Pedrotti and Lovari 1999). This species occupies rocky areas and alpine meadows, and feeds on grasses, herbs, leaves of trees , buds, shoots , and fungi (Sägesser and Krapp 1986). Females gestate for 170 days, and usually have 1 offspring per pregnancy. Females are sexually mature at 2.5 years, while males mature 1-1.5 years later. They live 14-22 years. Females and young occur in flocks of 5-30 animals, while adult males remain solitary.[1].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     6     Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Agrochola rupicapra (Staudinger

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Rupicapra

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:

R. pyrenaica (Pyrenean Chamoios) · R. pyrenaica ornata (Abruzzo Chamois) · R. pyrenaica pyrenaica (Pyrenean Chamois) · R. rupicapra (Northern Chamois) · R. rupicapra asiatica (Turkish Chamois) · R. rupicapra balcanica (Balkan Chamois) · R. rupicapra carpatica (Carpathian Chamois) · R. rupicapra cartusiana (Chartreuse Chamois) · R. rupicapra caucasica (Caucasian Chamois) · R. rupicapra pyrenaica (Pyrenean Chamois) · R. rupicapra rupicapra (Chamois) · R. rupicapra tatrica (Tatra Chamois)

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Further Reading

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• An environmental profile of the Black Sea Coast WCMC url p. 62, p. 63.
• Biodiversity trends and threats in Europe: development and test of a species trend indicator RIVM, UNEP-WCMC url p. 49.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 322, p. 325, p. 364, p. 399, p. 51, p. 591, p. 62, p. 68, p. 70, p. 71, p. 73, p. 78.
• Catalogue of the Selous Collection of Big Game in the British Museum (Natural History). By J.G. Dollman, B.A. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1921. url p. 94, p. 94, p. 95.
• Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum London: printed by order of the Trustees, 1912. url , .
• Catalogue of the mammals of western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum / by Gerrit S. Miller. London: BMNH, 1912. url p. 1014, p. 1015, p. 993, p. 995.
• Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History) by R. Lydekker. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1913-16. url , p. 136, p. 146, p. 162, p. 180, p. 181, p. 189, p. 232, p. 238, p. 243, p. 246, p. xix.
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Notes

Contributors

• Aulagnier, S., Giannatos, G. & Herrero, J. 2008. Rupicapra rupicapra. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:

• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum Mammal Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 106229
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625159
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13817878
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625159
• IUCN ID: 240234
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10857

Footnotes

1. Aulagnier, S., Giannatos, G. & Herrero, J. 2008. Rupicapra rupicapra. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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