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Rupicapra tragus
Chamois Cham"ois, n. [F. chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase. 2. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy.

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- The chamois (/ˈʃæmwɑː/)[citation needed] (Rupicapra rupicapra) or Alpine chamois is a species of goat-antelope native to the mountains in Southern Europe...
- Italy. It is one of the two species of the genus Rupicapra, the other being the chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra. Aragonese: sarrio, chizardo Asturian: robecu/robezu...
- Rupicapra is a genus of goat-antelope called the chamois. They belong to the bovine family of hoofed mammals, the Bovidae. Two extant species are recognized...
- a type of porous leather, traditionally the skin of the chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), a type of European mountain goat, but today made almost exclusively...
- Rupicapra r. rupicapra -Alps-, Rupicapra r. tatrica -Tatra Mountains-, Rupicapra r. carpatica -Romania-, Rupicapra r. balcanica -Balkans-, Rupicapra r...
- (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica; Slovak: Kamzík vrchovský tatranský; Polish: Kozica tatrzańska) is a subspecies of the chamois of the genus Rupicapra. Tatra...
- Polyrhachis rupicapra is a species of spiny ant belonging to the genus Polyrhachis in the subfamily Formicinae, found in Sri Lanka, India, and China....
- (O. gmelini) Snow sheep (O. nivicola) Urial (O. vignei) Pseudois Bharal (P. nayaur) Rupicapra Pyrenean chamois (R. pyrenaica) Chamois (R. rupicapra)...
- Look up chamois in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is a species of goat-antelope native to Europe. Chamois may also refer...
- other bovids known as “goat-antelopes”, including the European chamois (Rupicapra), the gorals (Naemorhedus), the takins (Budorcas) and the serows (Capricornis)...