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Scientific name
Nubian ibex
Order
Mammals
Family
פריים Bovidae
Social Structure
עדר
Activity
פעיל יום
Food
Vegetarian
Dangers
Zoo Conservation Program:
Feeding/Enrichment Time
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Habitat & Distribution Area
Israel and the Middle East
Conservation status
vu
Deficient Data
DD
least Concern
lc
Near Threatened
nt
Vulnerable
vu
Endangered
en
Critically endangered
cr
Extinct in the Wild
ew
Extinct
ex
Endangered status
vu
Worldwide
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Israel
In the Bible
“Knowest thou the time when the wild goats [ibex] of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?” Job 39, verse 1
Weight
25
-
70
KG
Life Expectancy
17
years
Interesting To Know
- The Nubian ibex is the only type in its family which can live in extreme desert conditions. Throughout the year, the female and its young, along with the young yet maturing males, live within the flock of 10 to 20 individuals. Interesting behavior has been observed among the flock of ibex in the Avdat Nature Park in the Negev region, where the flock’s young were gathered to a cliff with no option to leave the location. The females would periodically come to feed them. Only once the young matured were they allowed to leave this “nursery” area. This social behavior was intended to protect the young in a group against attack by leopards, wolves, and other predators. The auditor from the local nature reserve is able to approach the ibex and observe them, since they are accustomed to being near humans.
- In the beginning years of the State of Israel, the Nubian ibex was widely hunted until the establishment of the Nature Conservation Authority (today called the Israel Nature and Parks Authority), which developed legislation to protect animals from hunters. The Authority even chose the ibex as its logo. Since then, the ibex have increased in number, mainly due to the disappearance of its main predator, the leopard.