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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Artiodactyla > Family: Bovidae > Genus: Rupicapra > Species: Rupicapra rupicapra > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica Bolkay, 1925
Rupicapra rupicapra caucasica
Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica Blahout, 1972
Rupicapra rupicapra carpatica Couturier, 1938	Fauna Europaea (2005)
Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra (Linnaeus, 1758)	Fauna Europaea (2005)

Alpine chamois - Rupicapra rupicapra (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 1 other international agreement
Most preferred habitats	grassland sparsely vegetated land
May also occur in	cropland heathland and shrub woodland and forest
Natura 2000 species code	1369

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex V: animal and plant species of community interest whose taking in the wild and exploitation may be subject to management measures.	Except Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica, Rupicapra rupicapra ornata and Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Alpesi zerge	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Alpine chamois	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Camoscio	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Camurça	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Chamois	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Dhia e eger	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Divokoza	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gems	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gems	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gems	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gemsa	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gemse	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gemse	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gemse	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gemssi	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kamoxx	Maltese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kamzík horský	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kamzík vrchovský	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kozica	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mägikits	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Navadni gams	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rebeco alpino	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Tava-mägikits	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

Reportnet deliveries

Files delivered through Reportnet with relevance to this species.

12 items found, displaying all items.1

Released	Coverage	Envelope	File
2014-01-04	Romania	RO Art.17 2007-2012 Report from 31 December 2013	RO_species_reports.xml
2013-12-20	Germany	German national report 2013	DE_species_reports.xml
2013-12-16	Slovenia	SI_Article_17_Report_2013_2nd_submission	SI_species_reports-131216-13555.xml
2013-12-04	Italy	3rd Italian national report 2013	IT_species_reports.xml
2013-10-11	Austria	Art 17 HD	AT_species_reports-13916-161758.xml
2013-09-18	France	Rapport France 2013	FR_species_reports.xml
2008-07-07	Spain	Spain's delivery of 3 July	Rupicapra rupicapra
2008-04-10	Germany	German national report	Rupicapra rupicapra
2008-03-21	Slovenia	Article 17 Report	Rupicapra rupicapra
2008-03-05	Italy	Italy	Rupicapra rupicapra
2008-02-28	France	rapport France	Rupicapra rupicapra
2008-02-22	Austria	Article 17 report Austria	Species questionnaire for Rupicapra rupicapra

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