Rupicapra rupicapra - #841
Northern Chamois
Side view of male. Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra. Also as Alpine Chamois.
Geographic 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.
Order/Family
Bovidae
Genus
Rupicapra
Specific Epithet
rupicapra
Image Location
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle Zoological Garden
Image Date
1980
Photographer
K Kutunidisz