Common name-Pyrenean ibex
Scientific name-Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
Kingdom-Animalia
Phylum- Chordata
Class- Mammalia
Diet- Herbivores
Weight- 130 to 135 pounds
Height- 5 feet length,height 30 inch
Lifespan- 16-20 yrs(approx)
Habitat-The Cantabrian Mountains, northern lberian peninsula, and the Pyrenees of Andorra, Spain, and France.
The Pyrenean ibex also known as pyrenean wild goat, and bucardo in Spanish.They was one of the four subspecies of wild goat to inhabit in the Iberian Peninsula.The Pyrenean ibex, a form of wild mountain goat, was officially declared extinct in 2000 when the last-known animal of its kind was found dead in northern Spain.
The Pyrenean ibex had short hair which varied according to seasons. During the summer, its hair was short, and in winter, the hair grew longer and thicker. The hair on the ibex's neck remained long through all seasons.Pyrenean ibex migrated according to seasons.The Pyrenean ibex was a mountain goat which was substantially bigger and had larger horns.
They disappeared from the French Pyrenees and Cantabrian range by the mid-10th century. Their populations began to decrease steeply in the 17th century, primarily as a result of trophy-hunting by people who craved the ibex's majestic horns. By 1913, they were extirpated except for one small population in Spain's Ordesa Valley.
Scientists cloned a Pyrenean Ibex( by last natural Pyrenean goat, a 13-year-old female that scientists named Celia, was found mortally wounded in northern Spain on January 6, 2000, trapped beneath a fallen tree, making it) the first species to become no longer extinct, but the baby died shortly after birth due to a lung problem.The exact cause of the Pyrenean ibex's extinction is unknown.Extinction probably due to disease and poaching.In January 2000, the Pyrenean ibex became extinct.The Pyrenean Ibex is the first ever species to become extinct twice.
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| Cloned baby of Pyrenean ibex |
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