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Of the four subspecies of Siberian Ibex recognised by Fedosenko and Blank (2001) the Altai Ibex is the most northerly occurring.
Bighorn Sheep have big horns indeed. They are bigger compared to Dall’s and Snow Sheep. But the Bighorn does not hold the record for the longest horns.
Sierra Nevada Bighorns have a small population size and are said to be „one of the rarest mammalian taxa in North America“.
Find below a series of Himalayan Tahr photos showing physical features, behavioural patterns and the animals in their habitat.
The Takins (Budorcas taxicolor) – sometimes also called „cattle chamois“ or „gnu goat“ are four caprinae members found in the Eastern Himalayas, at the eastern margin of the…
Desert Bighorn Sheep are distributed in the United States and Mexico. Rams often give the impression of having disproportionately large horns.
Rupicapra p. parva is, as its Latin name suggests (parva = small), smaller than the other two Southern Chamois subspecies. In fact the Cantabrian Chamois is the smallest…
The Pyrenean Chamois is the nominotypical taxon of the Southern Chamois. It’s horns are bigger than those of the Cantabrian Chamois, but smaller than the ones of the…