Pyrenean chamois [SEP] parent taxon
Pyrenean chamois
The Pyrenean chamois (French: izard or isard, Spanish: rebeco or gamuza, Catalan: isard, Italian: camoscio dei Pirenei, camoscio appenninico, Basque: Pirinioetako sarrioa, Aragonese: sarrio or chizardo), "Rupicapra pyrenaica", is a goat-antelope that lives in the Pyrenees, Cantabrian Mountains and Apennine Mountains. It is one of the two species of the genus "Rupicapra", the other being the chamois, "Rupicapra rupicapra". It is in the bovid subfamily Caprinae, along
" (Chartreuse chamois): France
- "R. r. asiatica" (Anatolian chamois or Turkish chamois): Turkey
- "R. r. caucasica" (Caucasian chamois): Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Russian Federation
The species "R. pyrenaica" is categorized into three subspecies:
- "R. p. pyrenaica" (Pyrenean chamois): occurs in the Pyrenees
- "R. p. parva" (Cantabrian chamois): occurs in the Cantabrian Mountains
- "R. p. ornata" (Abruzzo chamois):