Least ConcernMouflon
Ovis orientalis
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Mammals · Artiodactyla · Bovidae
Capra ibex
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
It came close to extinction in the early 19th century, surviving only as a relict population of about 100 animals in the Gran Paradiso; every ibex in the Alps today descends from that core.
Weight
17 kg – 117 kg
Size
1.2 m – 1.7 m
Life expectancy
14 years
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Herd
Lives in large groups as a strategy against predators.
Estimated population
More than 50,000 animals across the Alps as a whole, all descended from the last surviving nucleus in Gran Paradiso.
Sources consulted: JungleDragon · AnAge (genomics.senescence.info) · Ultimate Ungulate · Animal Diversity Web · Animal Kingdom · A-Z Animals · Animalia.bio · AllSpecies Fandom
Best time: From June to September in the high Alps; in December and January, during the rut, the males stage head-butting contests.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 12.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Alpine Ibex — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about alpine ibex.
