Mammal Species of the World Logo

 

HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA  --> ORDER ARTIODACTYLA  --> FAMILY Bovidae  --> SUBFAMILY Caprinae  --> GENUS Capra

SPECIES Capra pyrenaica

Author:Schinz, 1838.
Citation:N. Denkschr. Schneiz. Ges. Natur. Wiss., 2: 9.
Common Name:Spanish Ibex
Type Locality:"In den spanischen Pyrenäen, auf den Gebirgen der Sierra de Randa und des Königreiches Granada"; restricted to Spain, Pyrenees Mtns, Huesca, near Maladetta Pass (Harper, 1940).
Distribution:Iberian Peninsula; extinct in Portugal.
Status:U.S. ESA – Endangered as C. p. pyrenaica; IUCN – Extinct as C. p. pyrenaica, Vulnerable as C. p. victoriae, Lower Risk (cd) as C. p. hispanica, otherwise Lower Risk (nt).
Comments:Validity of subspecies questioned by Coutourier (1962), Clouet (1979) and following mtDNA analysis by Manceau et al. (1999b).
EXPORT AS CSV Back to search results

Offspring:

Synonyms:


  Bucknell Home Page   Biology Department Home Page

 

©Bucknell Univesity All Rights Reserved
Comments and questions to dreeder@bucknell.edu