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Descriptor English: Rupicapra
Descriptor Spanish: Rupicapra
Descriptor Rupicapra
Entry term(s) gamuza
gamuza pirenaica
rebeco
sarrio
Scope note: Género de rumiantes de la familia Bovidae. El nombre común gamuza suele referirse a la especie Rupicapra rupicapra. Rupicapra pyrenaica, que se encuentra en los Pirineos, recibe más propiamente la denominación de gamuza pirenaica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Rupicapra
Descriptor French: Rupicapra
Entry term(s): Chamois
Chamois, Pyrenean
Pyrenean Chamois
Rupicapra pyrenaica
Rupicapra rupicapra
Rupicapras
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.500.380.513.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D048608
Scope note: A genus of ruminants in the family Bovidae. The common name chamois usually refers to the species Rupicapra rupicapra. Rupicapra pyrenaica, found in the Pyrenees, is more properly referred to as the Pyrenean chamois.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Goats (1973-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005
History Note: 2005
DeCS ID: 38456
Unique ID: D048608
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Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Rupicapra - Preferred
Concept UI M0461990
Scope note A genus of ruminants in the family Bovidae. The common name chamois usually refers to the species Rupicapra rupicapra. Rupicapra pyrenaica, found in the Pyrenees, is more properly referred to as the Pyrenean chamois.
Preferred term Rupicapra
Entry term(s) Rupicapras
Chamois, Pyrenean - Narrower
Concept UI M0461992
Scope note Species of chamois found in the Pyrenees of northwestern Spain and the Apennines of central Italy.
Preferred term Chamois, Pyrenean
Entry term(s) Pyrenean Chamois
Rupicapra pyrenaica
Chamois - Narrower
Concept UI M0461991
Scope note Species of hoofed ruminant found in the mountains of Eurasia.
Preferred term Chamois
Entry term(s) Rupicapra rupicapra



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