Alpine Ibex, Capra ibex

Photo category:
Ungulate ecosystems - Alps
Vertebrates specimen collection
Natural History Museum of Crete exhibition

Photo taken by:
Trikali, M.
Photo taken date:
March 2013

Ibex

Even-toed ungulates

Mammals

Animals

Vertebrates

Ungulate ecosystems (Alps) diorama

Photo of an Alpine Ibex, Capra ibex, a wild goat of the Alps. Both male and female Alpine ibexes have large, backwards-curving, horns with numerous ridges along their length. Those of the males are substantially larger (69 to 98cm) than those of females, which reach only 18 to 35cm in length.