Chamois Gallery

White-tailed gnu, Connochaetes gnou, and Pyrenean

White-tailed gnu, Connochaetes gnou, and Pyrenean chamois, Rupicapra pyrenaica. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Tournier, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) mother with young in early winter in deep snow

Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) mother with young in early winter in deep snow. Gran Paradiso National Park, Valsvarenche, Aosta, Italy

© Martin Zwick / DanitaDelimont.com

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Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in deep snow trying to struggle their way out, Gran

Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in deep snow trying to struggle their way out, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy,
November. Highly commended in the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards 2017

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