The chamois or Alpine chamois is a species of goat-antelope native to the mountains in Southern Europe, from the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Apennines, the Dinarides, the Tatra to the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkan Mountains, the Rila–Rhodope massif, Pindus, the northeastern mountains of Turkey, and the Caucasus. It has also been introduced to the South Island of New Zealand. Some subspecies of chamois are strictly protected in the EU under the European Habitats Directive.
Chamois
Chamois in the Aletsch Forest Nature Reserve in Switzerland
Chamois in the Tatra Mountains
Footprint at Rila National Park, Bulgaria, 2014
The subfamily Caprinae, also sometimes referred to as the tribe Caprini, is part of the ruminant family Bovidae, and consists of mostly medium-sized bovids. A member of this subfamily is called a caprine.
Caprinae
Skeleton of a Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) on display at the Museum of Osteology
Palaeoreas lindermayeri fossil
Image: Stuffed Arabian Tahr