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Spanish ibex
Spanish ibex from Sierra Nevada
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: Capra Species: C. pyrenaica
Binomial name
Capra pyrenaica Schinz, 1838
Subspecies
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 species of ibex with four subspecies. Of these, two can still be found on the Iberian Peninsula, but the remaining two are now extinct. The Portuguese subspecies became extinct in 1892 and the Pyrenean subspecies became extinct on January 6, 2000.

Subspecies

A: C. p. pyrenaica, B: C. p. victoriae, C: C. p. hispanica, D: C. p. lusitanica.

• 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

• Caprinae Specialist Group (1996). Capra pyrenaica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 08 May 2006.

Gallery

San Diego Zoo's Spanish Ibex	Spanish Ibex at Sierra de Gredos (Spain)	Keepers at the San Diego Zoo use a large wooden log to stimulate the Ibex's charging instinct	Juvenile male Spanish Ibex. Picture taken at Reserva Nacional dels Ports de Beseit (Spain)
	Free group at Sierra de Grazalema natural Park (Spain)

External links

• iberianature.com - English-language web site on nature in Spain and Portugal