Western Spanish ibex
| Western Spanish ibex | |
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| Western Spanish ibex at Sierra de Gredos (Spain) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Genus: | Capra |
| Species: | C. pyrenaica |
| Subspecies: | C. p. victoriae |
| Trinomial name | |
| Capra pyrenaica victoriae Cabrera, 1911 | |
The Western Spanish ibex or Gredos ibex (Capra pyrenaica victoriae) is a vulnerable goat endemic to Spain and Portugal. The Gredos ibex is endemic to:
as well as some other small mountain ranges in central Spain.
Remnant populations survive in the Picos de Europa as well as reintroduced ones, the largest population here is in the mountains north of Riano also other parts of the Cordillera Cantábrica. It is also found in southern Galicia near the border with Portugal
In Portugal 100 or so survive in the Peneda-Gerês National Park in northern Portugal, this population joins the Galician one. The Gredos Ibex has been reintroduced to many former areas for hunting purposes.
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