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The Pyrenean ibex was one of four subspecies of the Iberian ibex. The first to become extinct was the Portuguese ibex (Capra pyrenaica lusitanica) in 1892. [7] The Pyrenean ibex was the second, with the last individual, a female called Celia, found dead in 2000. In the Middle Ages, Pyrenean ibex were very abundant in the Pyrenees region, but ...
The Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) is an Iberian ibex subspecies with the unfortunate moniker of the first animal to go extinct twice. Endemic to the Pyrenees and Cantabrian Mountains, this ibex was driven to extinction by the year 2000 due to competition with livestock and introduced wild ungulates and following the death of Celia, the endling of the subspecies.
The baby ibex that was born had a lung defect, and lived for only seven minutes before suffocating from being incapable of breathing oxygen. Nevertheless, her birth was seen as a triumph and is considered the first de-extinction. [31] In late 2013, scientists announced that they would again attempt to resurrect the Pyrenean ibex. [32] [33]
The Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica), also known as the Spanish ibex, Spanish wild goat and Iberian wild goat, is a species of ibex endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. [3] Four subspecies have been described; two are now extinct. The Portuguese ibex became extinct in 1892, and the Pyrenean ibex became extinct in 2000.
Pyrenean ibex. The following species are globally extinct: Aurochs, Bos primigenius EX (1627) [87] Portuguese ibex, Capra pyrenaica lusitanica EX (c. 1890) Pyrenean ibex, C. p. pyrenaica EX (2003) [88] Tarpan, Equus ferus ferus EX (1909) [89] Mediterranean monk seal. The following species are locally extinct in Spain but continue to exist ...
A cloned Pyrenean ibex was born on July 30, 2003, in Spain, but died several minutes later due to physical defects in the lungs. This was the first, and so far only, extinct animal to be cloned. [78] [79]
Taxidermised body of Celia, the final Pyrenean ibex. Celia, the last Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica), was found crushed by a tree on 6 January 2000 in the Spanish Pyrenees, after hunting and competition from livestock reduced the population to one individual. [22]
The Portuguese ibex (Capra pyrenaica lusitanica) is an extinct subspecies of Iberian ibex that inhabited the north mountainous zones of Portugal, Galicia, Asturias and western Cantabria. In size and colouration it was much like the Spanish animals, though inclining towards brown rather than black markings.