Iberian ibex
Species of wild goat endemic to the Iberian Peninsula / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica), also known as the Spanish ibex, Spanish wild goat and Iberian wild goat, is a species of ibex endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.[3] Four subspecies have been described; two are now extinct. The Portuguese ibex became extinct in 1892, and the Pyrenean ibex became extinct in 2000. A project to clone the Pyrenean ibex resulted in one clone being born alive in July 2003, making it the first taxon to become "un-extinct", although the clone died several minutes after birth due to physical defects in its lungs.[4]
Iberian ibex | |
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Male C.p. hispanica | |
Female C.p. hispanica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Caprinae |
Tribe: | Caprini |
Genus: | Capra |
Species: | C. pyrenaica |
Binomial name | |
Capra pyrenaica (Schinz, 1838) | |
Subspecies | |
Capra pyrenaica hispanica[2] | |
Distribution of the Iberian ibex |