Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex) near Chamonix.
Español: Ejemplar de íbice alpino.
Date 3 February 2008, 15:14
Source Steenbok
Author Frederik Vandaele http://www.flickr.com/people/20929338@N00 from Oudenaarde, Belgium
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alpine_Ibex_feb08a.jpg
The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), also known as the steinbock or bouquetin, is a species of wild goat that lives in the mountains of the European Alps. It is a sexually dimorphic species with larger male ibexes who carry larger, curved horns. Alpine ibex tend to live in steep, rough terrain above the snow line.
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus: Capra
Species: Capra ibex Linnaeus, 1758
