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Iberian ibex
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<p>The Iberian ibex (<i>Capra pyrenaica</i>), also known as the Spanish ibex, Spanish wild goat and Iberian wild goat, is a species of <a href="/facts/Ibex/Gxl5mkgK">ibex</a> <a href="/facts/Endemic/xt4IpIsl">endemic</a> to the <a href="/facts/Iberian_Peninsula/ztFXI8zt">Iberian Peninsula</a>. Four <a href="/facts/Subspecies/4L9jFacF">subspecies</a> have been described; two are now <a href="/facts/Extinct/24p5NP2q">extinct</a>. The <a href="/facts/Portuguese_ibex/uhS6mQhp">Portuguese ibex</a> became extinct in 1892, and the <a href="/facts/Pyrenean_ibex/V8LavxXb">Pyrenean ibex</a> became extinct in 2000. A project to <a href="/facts/Cloning/Vb6SM4c7">clone</a> the Pyrenean ibex resulted in one clone being born alive in July 2003, making it the first <a href="/facts/Taxon/caQC1e87">taxon</a> to become "<a href="/facts/De-extinction/vgHRND7m">un-extinct</a>", although the clone died several minutes after birth due to physical defects in its lungs. </p>