Rupicapra rupicapra (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:68.

TYPE LOCALITY: Switzerland .

DISTRIBUTION: Alps of France and Switzerland east to Carpathians (Romania), Tatra Mtns (Czechoslovakia), Caucasus Mtns, and Turkey; introduced to New Zealand.

STATUS: IUCN - Endangered as R. r. cartusiana, Rare as R. r. tatrica .

SYNONYMS: alpina, asiatica, balcanica, capello, carpatica, cartusiana, caucasico, dorcas, europea, faesula, hamulicornis, olimpica, selvatica, tatrica, tragus.