Species group · Mammals
Ibexes
WAnimals has 3 species of ibex, all in the family Bovidae.
- 3 species
- 1 family
- 30 countries
- 18 parks
- Weight
- 25 kg – 130 kg
- Length
- 1 m – 1.8 m
- Lifespan
- 12 – 17 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 3.
All 3 species of ibexes on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
2 especies in this group están en alguna categoría de riesgo real según la UICN.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 30 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
Did you know…
It survives in one of the driest habitats any wild goat occupies.
From Nubian Ibex
It has appeared in the petroglyphs of the Negev desert and of Arabia for thousands of years, and is one of the most frequently depicted animals in Near Eastern rock art.
From Nubian Ibex
The males fight by rearing up on their hind legs and dropping forward with their full weight onto their horns, a clash that carries hundreds of metres between the canyon walls.
From Nubian Ibex
The largest wild goat, and the snow leopard's main prey.
From Siberian Ibex
It is the longest and heaviest member of the genus Capra, although the markhor exceeds it in shoulder height.
From Siberian Ibex
Its horns are the largest in the genus: the male's measure from 100 to 148 cm, while the female's do not exceed 38.
From Siberian Ibex
The entire species lives essentially in a single national park, that of the Simien Mountains: it is one of the mammals with the smallest range on the African continent.
From Walia Ibex
It moves along ledges barely a few centimetres wide above drops of hundreds of metres, and the kids start following their mothers along those ledges within days of being born.
From Walia Ibex