Tatra chamois

Tatra chamois

Taxobox
name = Tatra chamois
status = EN


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = Bovidae
genus = "Rupicapra"
species = "R. rupicapra"
subspecies = "R. r. tatrica"
binomial = "Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica"
binomial_authority = (Blahout, 1971/1972)

The Tatra chamois ("Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica"; Slovak: "Kamzík vrchovský tatranský"; Polish: "Kozica tatrzańska") is a subspecies of the Chamois of the "Rupicapra" genus. [cite web | publisher = International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/19770/all | title = Rupicapra rupicapra ssp. tatrica | date = no date | accessdate = June 19 | accessyear = 2007] Tatra chamois lives in the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia and Poland and, unknown to many, the Low Tatras in Slovakia.cite web | publisher = Low Tatras National Park Administration | url = http://www.napant.sk/fauna/kamzik.htm | title = Kamzík vrchovský tatranský (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica) | date = no date | language = Slovak | accessdate = June 19 | accessyear = 2007]

Population and distribution

Tatra chamois lives in all parts of the Tatras: West Tatras (Slovakia and Poland) and Eastern Tatras, which consist of the High Tatras (Slovakia and Poland) and the Belianske Tatras (Slovakia), all protected by national parks in both countries. As of 2006 the Slovak Tatra National Park was home to 371 chamois, of which 72 were kids, and the Polish Tatra National Park was home to 117 chamois, of which 27 were kids. [cite web | publisher = Tatra National Park Administration | url = http://www.tanap.org/download/tanap-noviny-2006-01.pdf | title = Kamzík tatranský vrchovský | date = September 2006 | language = Slovak | accessdate = June 19 | accessyear = 2007]

Chamois was also reintroduced in the Low Tatras, situated south of Tatras, in 1969 to 1976. The reintroduction involved 30 individuals and the current population living in Low Tatras National Park is about 100.


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References

External links

* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/19770/all Tatra chamois] at the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
* [http://www.telecom.gov.sk/externe/znamky/1996/96098e.html Postage stamp dedicated to the Tatra chamois, issued by the Slovak Post]


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