Name: Chamois
Scientific name: Bos primigenius
Type: Mammal
Diet: Herbivore
Family: Bovidae
Social structure: Chamois are social animals, living in large herds due to many predators around. Herds are led by aggressive and dominant bulls that protect the herds from predators. On Yellowstone Island, they began to mix herds with other species of other herbivores for protection against predators.
Preferred habitat: Moorlands, prairies, taiga forests, flatlands, snowy fields, alpine meadows, mountainous plateaus, rocky mountains, temperate grasslands, snowy savannas, boreal birch forests, highlands, alpine grasslands, shrublands, steppes, boreal forests, temperate woodlands, scrublands, icy mountains, redwood forests and arctic and tundra regions.
Bio: The chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is a species of goat-antelope native to mountains of Europe, from west to east, including the Alps, the Dinarides, the Tatra and the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkan Mountains, the Rila–Rhodope massif, Pindus, the northeastern mountains of Turkey and the Caucasus. Recently, they were introduced to Yellowstone Island and managed to survive in their new home. They are now found throughout the moorlands, prairies, taiga forests, flatlands, snowy fields, alpine meadows, mountainous plateaus, rocky mountains, temperate grasslands, snowy savannas, boreal birch forests, highlands, alpine grasslands, shrublands, steppes, boreal forests, temperate woodlands, scrublands, icy mountains, redwood forests and arctic and tundra regions of Yellowstone Island. On Yellowstone Island, large herds of chamois are common. Chamois are social animals, living in large herds due to many predators around. Herds are led by aggressive and dominant bulls that protect the herds from predators. On Yellowstone Island, they began to mix herds with other species of other herbivores for protection against predators.
