ibex

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One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also steinbok.

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Bison and lions live in open plains areas; aurochs, deer and bears are associated with forests and marshes; ibex habitat is rocky areas, and horses are highly adaptive for all these areas. Source: Internet

At Lascaux, bison, aurochs and ibex are not represented side by side. Source: Internet

Amensalism is often used to describe strongly asymmetrical competitive interactions, such as has been observed between the Spanish ibex and weevils of the genus Timarcha which feed upon the same type of shrub. Source: Internet

Anticipating this possibility, tissue samples from the last bucardo ( Pyrenean ibex ) were frozen in liquid nitrogen immediately after it died in 2000. Source: Internet

For clothes they had pointed caps, trousers or leggings made from ibex skin, and either linen or rodent skin tunics. Source: Internet

In 2003, the Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica, a subspecies of the Spanish ibex ) was the first extinct animal to be cloned back to life; the clone lived for only seven minutes before dying of lung defects. Source: Internet

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