IBEX

MASOOOMA BATOOL
ROLL NO 15
TAXONOMY:

• Scientific Name: Capra Ibex

• Capra is for Goat in Latin.
• Common Name: Alpine Ibex
CLASSIFICATION

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Artiodactyla
• Family: Bovidae
• Sub-Family: Caprinae
• Genus: Capra
IUCN

• Consideration by IUCN: Least Concerned

HABITAT:

Habitat Regions
• Temperate, Terrestrial (forest, mountains etc.)
• Mountains, up to 3,200 meters.

• perfectly adapted to rugged terrains, rocky habitats, and extreme climates

Distribution
• Ibexes live everywhere from Middle East to Europe, Asia, and beyond.
• . Trans Himalayas region of Ladakh and the Greater Himalayas and Pir Panjals of Jammu &
Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh
BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION

• Wild Goat
• Color: dark brown to light tan(pale abdomen, darker chin markings)
• Height: 35-40 Inches
• Length: 59-67 Inches
• Weight: 65 to 265 lbs. (30 to 120 kilograms)(female almost half the weight of males)
• Horn: Big, curved backward
DIET
• Herbivores. Major food grasses. Also eats mosses, leaves, flowers etc.
BEHAVIOR
• Lives in herds of 10-20 individuals.
Gestation period
• 168 days
• Babies:1-2 at a time
THREATS

Predators
• Wolves, bears, foxes and lynxes.
• Usually climbs to great heights to avoid these. Cant be reached easily.
• Small kids are attacked by eagles.
Habitat Destruction
• Lives on mountains but is endangered due to cutting of trees and constructions on
mountains.
THREATS

Hunters
• They are hunted for skin and horn. Its very negligible as Governments of the regions have
taken measures long ago and still prevail. Gran Paradiso National Park 1912.
CONSERVATION MEASURES

• National parks are established

• Khunjerab National Park is a high altitude National park in the region of Gilgit Baltistan
of Pakistan
• Over 2,000 Siberian ibex are present here
• Several laws are made to avoid illegal hunting.
FACTS

• Bachelors herd
• Concave hooves
• very high jumps