Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra Least concern
Where the chamois lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 471,141 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats on the world map
| Scientific name | Rupicapra rupicapra |
|---|---|
| Group | Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats |
| Status | Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 6 countries |
| Continents | Europe |
| Class | Mammal |
| Order | Artiodactyla |
| Family | Bovidae |
Where does the chamois live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the chamois in 6 countries and territories across Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Alps, Jura Mountains, Vosges Mountains.
Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.
Is the chamois endangered?
The chamois’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the chamois?
The chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae, genus Rupicapra. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the chamois
The chamois (; French: [ʃamwa] ; Rupicapra rupicapra), or Alpine chamois, is a species of goat-antelope native to mountainous parts of Europe and Western Asia, from the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian Mountain Range, the Alps, the Apennines, the Dinarides, the Tatra to the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkan Mountains, the Rila–Rhodope massif, Pindus, the northeastern mountains of Turkey, and the Caucasus. It has also been introduced to the South Island of New Zealand. Some subspecies of chamois are strictly protected in the EU under the European Habitats Directive.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chamois (revision 1375918773), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q131340 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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