🐃Nubian ibex
The Nubian ibex is a desert-dwelling species of goat found in mountainous areas of northern and northeast Africa, and the Middle East. Historically considered a subspecies of the Alpine ibex, it is now recognized as a distinct species. The wild population is estimated at 4,500 mature individuals, and it is classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 71 kg
- Body length
- 1.7 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 22 years
Everything we know about the Nubian ibex
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass71 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 46 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.7 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan22 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 22 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length7.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.8 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation169 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 150 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l71 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Nubian ibex yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyBovidae
- ›genusCapra
- ›speciesCapra nubiana
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyCaprinae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyCaprinae
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