ibex
fairly large wild goat; adult reaches about 90 cm at the shoulder; most of the year its color is grayish but turns browner in winter; male has thick long horns over 130 cm in length which curve backwards in a semicircle; female's horns are about 40 cm long; last few centimeters of the horns are smooth, the rest are ringed with ridges; lives in small herds in the mountains and prefers cliffs and crags, where it lives off the bushes that grow on the ledges; clean animal, may be eaten
“ibex.” Atlas. Accessed 2026. https://fcbh-atlas.vercel.app/en/term/ibex-h3277
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