Pyrenean chamois

Weight

30 kg – 31.6 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

17.6 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

22 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

150 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

22.1 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The pyrenean chamois is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyBovidae
6. genusRupicapra
7. SpeciesRupicapra pyrenaica Bonaparte, 1845

Synonyms Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaica, Rupicapra rupicapra pyrenaica

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Chamois

Rupicapra rupicapra

Bovidae

A

Asia minor chamois

Rupicapra asiatica

BovidaeNo free photo yet

C

Carpathian chamois

Rupicapra carpatica

BovidaeNo free photo yet

A

Abruzzi chamois

Rupicapra ornata

BovidaeNo free photo yet

R

Rupicapra parva

BovidaeNo free photo yet

ComparePyrenean chamois vs ChamoisPyrenean chamois vs Asia minor chamoisPyrenean chamois vs Carpathian chamoisPyrenean chamois vs Abruzzi chamois

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@misc{pyrenean_chamois_2026,
  title = {Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pyrenean-chamois},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}