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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Artiodactyla > Family: Bovidae > Genus: Rupicapra > Species: Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata

Apennine Chamois - Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata Neumann, 1899

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Threat status Europe	Not evaluated (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 5 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	15 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	grassland sparsely vegetated land
May also occur in	heathland and shrub woodland and forest
Natura 2000 species code	1374

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

This species has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
IT5330004	Italy	Monte Bove	Map
IT6050017	Italy	Pendici di Colle Nero	Map
IT6050018	Italy	Cime del Massiccio della Meta	Map
IT6050020	Italy	Val Canneto	Map
IT7110128	Italy	Parco Nazionale Gran Sasso - Monti della Laga	Map
IT7110130	Italy	Sirente Velino	Map
IT7110202	Italy	Gran Sasso	Map
IT7110205	Italy	Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo	Map
IT7120132	Italy	Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise ed aree limitrofe	Map
IT7140129	Italy	Parco Nazionale della Maiella	Map
IT7140203	Italy	Maiella	Map
IT6050014	Italy	Vallone Lacerno (fondovalle)	Map
IT7110206	Italy	Monte Sirente e Monte Velino	Map
IT7212121	Italy	Gruppo della Meta - Catena delle Mainarde	Map
IT7212169	Italy	Monte S. Paolo - Monte La Falconara	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex II: animal and plant species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation. (Rupicapra rupicapra ornata)		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
	Annex IV: animal and plant species of community interest in need of strict protection. (Rupicapra rupicapra ornata)
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (Rupicapra rupicapra ornata)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011) (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata)		https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	Annex I: species threatened with extinction which are or may be affected by trade. Trade in specimens of these species must be subject to particularly strict regulation in order not to endanger further their survival and must only be authorized in exceptional circumstances.	Synonym for this species is listed in CITES. See there for more details.	http://www.cites.org/eng
	Annex I: species threatened with extinction which are or may be affected by trade. Trade in specimens of these species must be subject to particularly strict regulation in order not to endanger further their survival and must only be authorized in exceptional circumstances.
Commission regulation (EU) No 1320/2014, of 1 December 2014, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (EU regulation of trade of fauna and flora)	Annex A includes: All CITES Appendix I species, except where EU Member States have entered a reservation; Some CITES Appendix II and III species, for which the EU has adopted stricter domestic measures; Some non-CITES species		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...s/legislation_en.htm

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Apennine Chamois	English	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Camoscio appenninico	Italian	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Isard	English	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Rebeco de los Apeninos	Spanish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC

Synonym	Author
Rupicapra rupicapra ornata	Neumann, 1899

Other resources

Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS search	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Species+	Species+ by UNEP-WCMC

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