Southeastern Spanish ibex

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Southeastern Iberian ibex
Southeastern Iberian ibex from Sierra Nevada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Tribe: Caprini
Genus: Capra
Species:
C. pyrenaica
Subspecies:
C. p. hispanica
Trinomial name
Capra pyrenaica hispanica
Schimper, 1848

The southeastern Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica), or the Spanish ibex, is an ibex that is endemic to Spain and is the only wild caprine native to Spain.[1] It is a subspecies of the Iberian ibex.

The Spanish ibex inhabits the Sierra Nevada, Sierra de las Nieves Natural Park, Sierra de Cazorla, Sierra de Grazalema, Montes de Málaga, in Andalucia.[2] It also occurs in the Sierra Morena. Outside Andalucia, it can be found in the Montes de Toledo and in the mountains all along the Spanish Mediterranean, with populations as far north as southern Catalonia.

This ibex has been observed to consume two native species of columbine, Aquilegia paui and Aquilegia vulgaris, despite the toxicity of members of the genus to some mammals. The efforts to conserve the Spanish ibex were evaluated as possibly endangering the conservation of A. paui, a narrow endemic.[3][4][5]

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Southeastern Spanish ibex from Mont Caro (Tortosa)

References

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  1. ^ García-Bocanegra, I.; Cabezón, O.; Pabón, M.; Gómez-Guillamón, F.; Arenas, A.; Alcaide, E.; Salas-Vega, R.; Dubey, J. P.; Almería, S. (2012-02-01). "Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum antibodies in Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica)". The Veterinary Journal. 191 (2): 257–260. doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.11.011. ISSN 1090-0233. PMID 21159529.
  2. ^ Santiago-Moreno, Julián; Toledano-Díaz, Adolfo; Pulido-Pastor, Antonio; Gómez-Brunet, Amelia; López-Sebastián, Antonio (2006-07-15). "Birth of live Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica) derived from artificial insemination with epididymal spermatozoa retrieved after death". Theriogenology. 66 (2): 283–291. doi:10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.11.012. ISSN 0093-691X. PMID 16376980.
  3. ^ Nardi, Enio (2015). Il Genere Aquilegia L. (Ranunculaceae) in Italia/The Genus Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae) in Italy: Aquilegia Italicarum in Europaearum conspectu descriptio. Translated by Coster-Longman, Christina. Florence: Edizioni Polistampa. p. 27. ISBN 9788859615187.
  4. ^ Martinell, M. Carmen; Rovira, Ana; Blanché, Cèsar; Bosch, Maria (August 2011). "Shift towards autogamy in the extremely narrow endemic Aquilegia paui and comparison with its widespread close relative A. vulgaris (Ranunculaceae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 295 (1/4): 72–83. JSTOR 43558220.
  5. ^ Martinell, M. Carmen; López-Pujol, Jordi; Blanché, Cèsar; Molero, Julián; Sàez, Llorenç (2011). "Conservation assessment of Aquilegia paui (Ranunculaceae): a case study of an extremely narrow endemic". Oryx. 45 (2): 187–190. doi:10.1017/S0030605310001754 – via Cambridge University Press.
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