Capra pyrenaica lusitanica Schlegel, 1872
Portugese Ibex
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1892 (Goodwin & Goodwin, 1973)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Portugal
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
There appears to only be two known photos of a single individual (an old female) of the subspecies, caught on 20 September 1890 at Albergaria in the Serra do Gerês mountains (Almaça, 1992). Note the rope tied around the back right leg in both photos.
Source: http://hemerotecadigital.cm-lisboa.pt/OBRAS/IlustracaoPort/1908/N131/N131_item1/P17.html
Above: the little known second photo of the animal caught on 20 September 1890. I currently cannot find a better quality copy. Reproduced from (Almaça, 1992).
References
Original scientific description:
Schlegel, H. (1872). De dierentuin van het Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra te Amsterdam zoologisch geschetst. Gebr. Van Es., Amsterdam.
Other references:
Almaça, C. (1992). Notes on Capra pyrenaica lusitanica Schlegel, 1872, Mammalia, Paris, 56: 121-124.
Cabrera, A. (1914). Fauna Ibérica. Mamiferos. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Madrid. p 323.
Choffat, P. 1920. Le Bouquetin du Gerez et le Bouquetin de Monte Junto. Bulletin de la Société Portugaise des Sciences Naturelles, Lisbonne, VIII (2) : 151-156. Cabra do Gerês. Capra lusitanica. Geologia. Paleontologia. Ossos de Capra hispanica, não de C. lusitanica.
Day, David. (1981). The Doomsday Book of Animals: A Natural History of Vanished Species. New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press.
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França, C. 1908. Descrição da nova espécie, Capra lusitanica França, 1908, in: Le Professeur Barbosa du Bocage - 1823-1907. Bulletin de la Société Portugaise de Sciences Naturelles, II (1-2), pág. 144.
França, C. 1917. Le bouquetin du Gerez : Capra Lusitanica ; notes sur une espèce éteinte / Carlos França IN: Arquivos da Universidade de Lisboa: Lisboa , vol. 4, 1917, p. 19-53. Fauna - Serra do Gerez (Portugal) / Cabra Lusitana.
Goodwin, Harry A. and Goodwin, J. M. (1973). List of mammals which have become extinct or are possibly extinct since 1600. Int. Union Conserv. Nat. Occas. Pap. 8: 1-20.
Herrero, J. and Pérez, J. M. (2008). Capra pyrenaica. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 30 July 2013.
Perez, J.M., Granados, J.E., Soriguer, R.C., Fandos, P., Marquez, F.J., and Crampe, J.P. (2002). Distribution, status and conservation problems of the Spanish ibex, Capra pyrenaica (Mammalia: Artiodactyla). Mammal Rev. 32(1): 26-39.
Ricardo Jorge, A. (1908). A ultima cabra brava. O Seculo, 31 de Agosio de 1908.
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