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Spanish Ibex

Spanish Ibex

Taxobox
name = Spanish ibex
status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
trend = unknown


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Spanish ibex from Sierra Nevada
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = Bovidae
genus = "Capra"
species = "C. pyrenaica"
binomial = "Capra pyrenaica"
binomial_authority = Schinz, 1838
subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
subdivision = "Capra pyrenaica hispanica
Capra pyrenaica lusitanica"†
"Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica"†
"Capra pyrenaica victoriae"

The Iberian ibex, Spanish ibex, Spanish wild goat, or Iberian wild goat ("Capra pyrenaica") is a type of ibex that had four subspecies. Two subspecies can still be found on the Iberian peninsula, but two others are extinct. The Portuguese subspecies became extinct in 1892 and the Pyrenean subspecies became extinct on January 6, 2000.

Subspecies

* Western Spanish Ibex or Gredos Ibex - "Capra pyrenaica victoriae" Cabrera, 1911
* Southeastern Spanish Ibex or Beceite Ibex - "Capra pyrenaica hispanica" Schimper, 1848
* Portuguese Ibex - "Capra pyrenaica lusitanica" Schlegel, 1872
* Pyrenean Ibex - "Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica" Schinz, 1838

References

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Gallery

External links

* [http://www.iberianature.com/ iberianature.com - English-language web site on nature in Spain and Portugal]


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