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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.
The Pyrenean ibex was one of four subspecies of the Iberian ibex. The first to become extinct was the Portuguese ibex (Capra pyrenaica lusitanica) in 1892. [7] The Pyrenean ibex was the second, with the last individual, a female called Celia, found dead in 2000.
The Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica), formerly called Spanish ibex, is restricted to mountainous enclaves of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain, Portugal and the French Pyrenees, [3] but in the past it also occurred in southern France. There are approximately 50,000 Iberian ibex living. Two subspecies have become extinct.
The Portuguese ibex (Capra pyrenaica lusitanica) is an extinct subspecies of Iberian ibex that inhabited the north mountainous zones of Portugal, Galicia, Asturias and western Cantabria. In size and colouration it was much like the Spanish animals, though inclining towards brown rather than black markings.
The Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) was a subspecies of Iberian ibex that lived on the Iberian Peninsula. While it was abundant through medieval times, over-hunting in the 19th and 20th centuries led to its demise. In 1999, only a single female named Celia was left alive in Ordesa National Park. Scientists captured her, took a tissue ...
Recently extinct mammals are defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ... Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) Artiodactyla: 1892 Europe: Pyrenean ibex:
The Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) is an Iberian ibex subspecies with the unfortunate moniker of the first animal to go extinct twice. Endemic to the Pyrenees and Cantabrian Mountains, this ibex was driven to extinction by the year 2000 due to competition with livestock and introduced wild ungulates and following the death of Celia, the endling of the subspecies.
Pyrenean ibex. The following species are globally extinct: Aurochs, Bos primigenius EX (1627) [87] Portuguese ibex, Capra pyrenaica lusitanica EX (c. 1890) Pyrenean ibex, C. p. pyrenaica EX (2003) [88] Tarpan, Equus ferus ferus EX (1909) [89] Mediterranean monk seal. The following species are locally extinct in Spain but continue to exist ...