Spanish Ibex
Capra pyrenaica
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 2,723
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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. Four subspecies have been described; two are now extinct. The Portuguese ibex became extinct in 1892, and the Pyrenean ibex became extinct in 2000 and in 2003. 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 a few minutes after birth due to physical defects in its left lung.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Iberian ibex”.