Ibex, wild goat, mountain goat

Definition

= fairly large wild goat, with adults being about ninety centimeters high at the shoulder; for most of the year its color is grayish but it turns browner in winter; males have thick long horns over 130 centimeters in length which curve backwards in a semicircle; the horns of the females are much slimmer and shorter, reaching a length of only about 40 centimeters; only the last few centimeters of the horns are smooth, the rest being ringed with ridges; these animals live in small herds in the mountains and prefer cliffs and crags, where they live off the bushes that grow on the ledges; ► clean animal, so may be eaten