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title: "Pyrenean Chamois"
description: "Rupicapra pyrenaica — Mammiferi. The Pyrenean chamois is a goat-antelope that lives in the Pyrenees and Cantabrian Mountains of Spain, France and Andorra, and the Apennine Mountains of central Italy."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/pyrenean-chamois
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pyrenean Chamois

> Rupicapra pyrenaica — Mammiferi. The Pyrenean chamois is a goat-antelope that lives in the Pyrenees and Cantabrian Mountains of Spain, France and Andorra, and the Apennine Mountains of central Italy.

- Scientific name: *Rupicapra pyrenaica*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 3305
- Wikidata: [Q902896](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902896)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42346](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42346)

## Names

- en: Pyrenean Chamois
- de: Pyrenäen-Gämse
- es: Gamuza De Los Abruzzos
- fr: Isard
- nl: Pyrenese gems
- pt: Camurça-dos-pirineus
- pl: Kozica pirenejska

## Countries with the most observations

ES (2254), FR (517), IT (320), AD (18)

## Summary

The Pyrenean chamois 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrenean_chamois

## Photo

![Pyrenean Chamois](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pyrenean-chamois/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ametsak · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191748875

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pyrenean-chamois?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).