Rupicapra rupicapra - #5729
Northern Chamois
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
France, Savoie department, Vanoise National Park
Image Date
21 September 2011
Photographer
CR Scharf