064 Wild Chamois Parc régional Chasseral Photo by Giles Laurent🐃

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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
Mammals

🐃Chamois

Rupicapra rupicapra (Linnaeus, 1758)

알프스산양 또는 샤무아(Pyrenean chamois, 학명: Rupicapra rupicapra)는 소과 영양아과에 속하는 포유류의 일종이다. 유럽 알프스산맥과 피레네산맥, 카르파티아산맥, 타트리산맥, 발칸산맥 그리고 터키 일부와 캅카스, 아펜니노산맥을 포함하는 유럽의 산악 지대에서 서식한다. 그리고 알프스산양은 뉴질랜드 남섬의 도입종이다. 그리고 일부 아종은 유럽 연합에 의해 자연생태계와 동식물 서식지 보호지침(European Habitats Directive)으로 엄격히 보호되고 있다.

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Measurements
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≈ half your weight
Also called
Alpine Chamois, Balkan Chamois, Northern Chamois
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
35 kg
Body length
1.3 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
22 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Chamois

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
35 kg
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  • 38 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
1.3 m
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Brain mass
118 g
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Maximum lifespan
22 years
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  • 18 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
9.99 years
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Age at maturity
1.8 years
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Gestation
150 days
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  • 122 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
1
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  • 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixedestimated
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Home range
2.65 km²
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Volume l
35 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Chamois yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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More about the Chamois

Closest relative on this site
🐃 Takin — last shared an ancestor ≈ 6.8 million years ago.
What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
Gämse (de), gems (nl), Серна (ru), kozica północna (pl), gems (sv), isard (ca) … and 26 more languages

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