Iberian ibex
| Iberian ibex | |
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| Male Capra pyrenaica hispanica | |
| Female Capra pyrenaica hispanica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Capra |
| Species: | C. pyrenaica
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| Binomial name | |
| Capra pyrenaica Schinz, 1838
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| Subspecies | |
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Capra pyrenaica hispanica | |
| Distribution of the Iberian ibex (2010, outdated) | |
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.