Chamois  (Rupicapra rupicapra)

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Glossary

  • Genetic diversity: The variety of genes within a particular species, population or breed causing differences in morphology, physiology and behaviour.
  • Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
  • Hybridisation: cross-breeding between two different species or subspecies.
  • Rut: the mating season.
  • Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (September, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Nowak, R.M. (1999) Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition.The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
  3. Macdonald, D.W. (2006) The Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  4. Shackleton, D.M. (1997) Wild Sheep and Goats and their Relatives: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Caprinae.IUCN/SSC Caprinae Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
  5. Roucher, F. (1999) The fate of the Chartreuse chamois. Caprinae, 1: 4 - 5.
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