Reference photo — Ibex73, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Alpine Ibex
Capra ibex
Moderate
Least concern
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Quick facts
- Group
- Mammals
- Family
- Bovidae
- Size
- 73–101 cm (shoulder)
- Weight
- 40–100 kg
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Lifespan
- 10–18 yrs
- Habitat
- Alpine meadows, Rocky cliffs, High mountains
About
The Alpine ibex, also known as the steinbock, is a European species of goat which lives in the Alps. It is one of ten species in the genus Capra and its closest living relative is the Iberian ibex. The Alpine ibex is a sexually dimorphic species; males are larger and carry longer horns than females.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.