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Rupicapra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Bovidae

Scientific name
  
Rupicapra

Mass
  
Chamois: 30 – 60 kg

Gestation period
  
Chamois: 170 days

Order
  
Artiodactyla

Subfamily
  
Caprinae

Height
  
Chamois: 70 – 80 cm

Phylum
  
Chordata

Higher classification
  
Rupicaprini

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Genus
  
Rupicapra Blainville, 1816

Lower classifications
  
Chamois, Pyrenean chamois

Rupicapra is a genus of goat antelope called chamois. They belong to the bovine family of hoofed mammals, the Bovidae.

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Two extant species are recognized. One, Rupicapra rupicapra, has no common name other than simply chamois and is native to the mountains of south and central Europe, Turkey, and the Caucasus in southwest Asia. The other species has more recently been recognized as separate from the rest: the Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica). The latter are named after their native habitat, the Pyrenees (a mountain range in southwestern Europe). A 2014 study by Durham University discovered that these goats are shrinking in size due to global warming and climatic changes.

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References

Rupicapra Wikipedia