📸 PhotoPhoto: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Alpine Ibex
Capra ibex (Alpine Ibex · アイベックス)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A male's weight of 100 kg equals five 20 kg bags of rice (Comparison).
- 💡 In the past, besides trophy hunting, there was also a market for body parts believed to have medicinal uses (Animal Diversity Web).
- 💡 Its body length of 1.4 m is about 8 tenths of an adult human's height (about 1.7 m) (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Alpine ibex is a wild goat living on the steep mountains of the Alps, where males spend the day high on rocky cliffs.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its coat ranges from brown to gray and it has a thick chin beard. Males are larger than females, and individuals in the southern Alps have a paler underside.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds on grasses, leaves, shoots, and bark, foraging in forests from afternoon through the night. In winter it descends to south-facing slopes with less snow, and kids can walk on rocky cliffs the day after birth.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2024) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42397/219261343
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1006185
- • iucnredlist.org — 219261343
- • wikidata.org — Q168327
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:094 Wild female Alpine Ibex at Creux du Van (crop) Phot
- • animaldiversity.org — Capra ibex
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Steven Traver · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.