Editing Pyrenean chamois

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Pyrenean chamois
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Rupicapra pyrenaica'' |author=Herrero, J. |author2=Lovari, S. |author3=Nores, C. |author4=Toigo, C. |date=2022|page=e.T19771A217715455|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T19771A217715455.en|access-date=21 July 2022}}</ref>
| image = Isard des pyrenees bigorre 2003.jpg
| taxon = Rupicapra pyrenaica
| authority = ([[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1845)
| range_map = Rupicapra pyrenaica range Map.png
| range_map_caption = Distribution of Pyrenean chamois
}}

The '''Pyrenean chamois''' ('''''Rupicapra pyrenaica''''') is a [[goat-antelope]] that lives in the [[Pyrenees]] and [[Cantabrian Mountains]] of [[Spain]], [[France]] and [[Andorra]], and the [[Apennine Mountains]] of central [[Italy]]. It is one of the two species of the genus ''Rupicapra'', the other being the [[chamois]], ''Rupicapra rupicapra''.<ref name=iucn />

==Names==
*[[Aragonese language|Aragonese]]: ''sarrio'', ''chizardo''
*[[Asturian language|Asturian]]: ''robecu/robezu''
*[[Basque language|Basque]]: ''pirinioetako sarrioa''
*[[Catalan language|Catalan]]: ''isard''
*[[French language|French]]: ''izard/isard''
*[[Galician language|Galician]]: ''rebezo''
*[[Italian language|Italian]]: ''camoscio dei Pirenei'', ''camoscio appenninico''
*[[Occitan language|Occitan]]: ''isard'', ''sarri''
*[[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''rebeco'', ''gamuza''

== Subspecies ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Image !! Subspecies !! Distribution
|-
|[[File:Rupicapra pyrenaica.jpg|120px]] ||''[[R. p. pyrenaica]]'' (Pyrenean chamois)|| Andorra, France and Spain
|-
|[[File:Rebecos en Picos de Europa, BK1D3929.jpg|120px]] ||''[[Cantabrian chamois|R. p. parva]]'' (Cantabrian chamois)|| Spain
|-
|[[File:Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata 94813649.jpg|120px]] ||''[[R. p. ornata]]'' (Abruzzo chamois)|| Central and southern Italy
|-
|}

==Description==
Up to 80&nbsp;cm tall, its summer coat is a ruddy brown; in winter, it is black or brown, with darker patches around the eyes. Both males and females have backward-hooked [[Horn (anatomy)|horn]]s up to 20&nbsp;cm in length. They browse on [[grass]], [[lichen]]s and buds of trees. [[Sure-footed]] and agile, they are found on any elevation up to 3000&nbsp;m.

==Conservation==
Like other species of chamois, it was hunted almost to [[extinction]], especially in the 1940s, for the production of [[chamois leather]]. The population has since recovered, and in 2022 was estimated to be about 50,000 mature individuals.<ref>Pérez-Barbería, F. J., García-González, R. (2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20051229232203/http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/mamiferos/pdf/ruppyr.pdf "Rebeco – Rupicapra pyrenaica."] Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Carrascal, L. M., Salvador, A. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Madrid, Spain.</ref><ref name=iucn />

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==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Haack, M. 2002. [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Rupicapra_pyrenaica.html ''Rupicapra pyrenaica'']. Animal Diversity Web. Accessed February 20, 2006.
* Pérez, T., Albornoz, J. & Domínguez, A. (2002). Phylogeography of chamois (Rupicapra spp.) inferred from microsatellites. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 25, 524–534.

{{Artiodactyla|R.3}}
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[[Category:Caprids]]
[[Category:Fauna of the Pyrenees]]
[[Category:Mammals of Europe]]
[[Category:Mammals described in 1845]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte]]
[[Category:Habitats Directive species]]