Photo Credit: Marco Festa-Bianchet
Photo Source: IUCN Caprinae Group
Photo Credit: Marco Festa-Bianchet Photo Source: IUCN Caprinae Group |
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| Common Name: | Alpine Ibex |
| Scientific Name: | Capra ibex |
| Location: | Free-ranging populations in Italy, and also in Switzerland, Austria and adjacent parts of France, Germany, and Slovenia. Once again numerous in some areas, with the largest population in Switzerland. |
| This goat's shoulder height is 30-34 inches and weighs about 225-275 pounds. Females are smaller. The Alpine ibex is a stocky animal, darker in color than other ibex. Males have a small beard and large, impressive horns that are shorter, thicker and straighter than those of other ibex. Females have very small horns and no beard. | |