The Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) is a goat-antelope that lives in the rocky areas, alpine meadows, forested valleys, and lower slopes of the Pyrenees and Cantabrian Mountains of Spain, France and Andorra, and the Apennine Mountains of central Italy. It is one of the two species of the genus Rupicapra, the other being the chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra. (See Chamoise goat). Its summer coat is a ruddy brown; in winter, it is black or brown, with darker patches around the eyes. Both males and females have backward-hooked horns up to 20 cm in length.
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