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A steinbok I encountered just below the Tomlishorn summit. July 2007.
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[ Post a Comment ]| desainme | Looks like an Ibex | | 
Voted 10/10 | or Steinbok to me. | | Posted Jul 13, 2007 7:47 am |
 | | cp0915 | Re: Looks like an Ibex | | 
Hasn't voted | Thank you for the correction. I'd asked a local what I'd seen up there, trying to describe it, and they called it a chamois. Do they look similar? | | Posted Jul 13, 2007 11:06 am |
| | RenatoG | Re: Looks like an Ibex | | 
Voted 10/10 | Look similar? Maybe from a long distance...
This is a chamois.
Ciao | | Posted Jul 13, 2007 11:11 am |
| | cp0915 | Re: Looks like an Ibex | |
Hasn't voted | Yes, doing a bit of research just now, they look quite different.
According to Wikipedia, the steinbok live in Africa. I suppose this is where they originated from. Are they not native to Europe? | | Posted Jul 13, 2007 12:22 pm |
| | RenatoG | Re: Looks like an Ibex | |
Voted 10/10 | Africa? I've never heard that!
Maybe some subspecies... Steinbock is the german name (in italian "stambecco", in slovenian "kozorog"). Its scientific name is "capra ibex"
I found this article on wikipedia
Ciao | | Posted Jul 13, 2007 12:36 pm |
| RenatoG | Nice shot, but... | |
Voted 10/10 | It's a steinbock, not a chamois.
Ciao
| | Posted Jul 13, 2007 8:05 am |
| | cp0915 | Re: Nice shot, but... | |
Hasn't voted | Thank you. | | Posted Jul 13, 2007 11:07 am |
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