Alpine ibex

Capra ibex
Bovids (Bovidae)

♂

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Dark brown goat-like, both sexes have backwards curved ringed horns. The ♂ has a beard.

Living on steep rocky slopes, in winter more on south-facing slopes since they struggle to move in the deep snow.

⇔ hbl. 75-100 cm, sh. ♂ 85-94 cm/ ♀ 70-78 cm, tl. 12-25 cm, horns ♂ 100 cm/ ♀ 35 cm 

syn. ALPINE IBEX, Steinbock, Bouquetin

Only in the European Alps.

LA:
≈ The CAPRA PYRENAICA (Iberian ibex) is living in the Spanish Sierra Nevada, the horns are turned outwards more noticeably.

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