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The bezoar ibex is one of the domestic goat's progenitors. [5] Wild goats are thought to have been domesticated at least 10,000 years Before Present. [6] In the United States, bezoar ibex were introduced to the Florida mountains in New Mexico in 1970.
Species of wild goats that are called ibex are: The Asian ibex also known as the Siberian ibex (Capra sibirica) is a wild goat inhabiting long mountain systems in central Asian deserts and the northwestern Himalayas. The animal is 80–100 cm high at shoulder, and weighs an average 60 kg.
The American black bear is the state mammal of New Mexico. ... Wild goat, Capra aegagrus introduced [5] Siberian ibex, Capra sibirica introduced [6]
The Siberian ibex (Capra sibirica), also known using regionalized names including Altai ibex, Asian ibex, Central Asian ibex, Gobi ibex, Himalayan ibex, Mongolian ibex or Tian Shan ibex, [2] is a polytypic species of ibex, a wild relative of goats and sheep. It lives in Central Asia, and is, by far, the most widely-distributed species in the ...
The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), also known as the steinbock, is a European species of goat that lives in the Alps. It is one of ten species in the genus Capra and its closest living relative is the Iberian ibex. The Alpine ibex is a sexually dimorphic species; males are larger and carry longer
Bezoar ibex C. a. aegagrus; Sindh ibex C. a. blythi; Chiltan ibex C. a. chialtanensis; Turkmen wild goat C. a. turcmenica; The Cretan goat (formerly C. a. pictus), or kri-kri, was once thought to be a subspecies of wild goat, but is now considered to be a feral descendant of the domestic goat (Capra hircus), now known as Capra hircus cretica.
Of the 285 embryos reconstructed, 54 were transferred to 12 ibex and ibex-goat hybrids, but only two survived the initial two months of gestation before they, too, died. On July 30, 2003, one clone was born alive, but died several minutes later due to physical defects in the lungs.
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. [3] Four subspecies have been described; two are now extinct. The Portuguese ibex became extinct in 1892, and the Pyrenean ibex became extinct in 2000.