---
title: "Gems"
description: "Rupicapra rupicapra — Zoogdieren. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/northern-chamois
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gems

> Rupicapra rupicapra — Zoogdieren. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Rupicapra rupicapra*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 16949
- Wikidata: [Q131340](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131340)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42347](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42347)

## Names

- en: Northern Chamois
- de: Gämse
- es: Gamuza
- fr: Chamois
- it: Camoscio alpino
- nl: Gems
- pt: Camurça
- pl: Kozica północna

## Countries with the most observations

IT (4998), FR (2967), AT (2062), CH (1440), DE (703), SK (324), SI (194), RO (180), PL (133), GR (127), NZ (126), RU (123)

## Photo

![Gems](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-chamois/medium.jpg)

Photo: Patrascu Lucian-Marius · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175753692

## Machine access

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