• The Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) is a species of mountain goat native to Spain and France. Declared a protected species in 1973, twenty years later there were only 10 animals left and the species went extinct in 2000.Telegraph: Extinct ibex is resurrected by cloning (January 31, 2009)

  Using frozen skin cells from the ear of the last known ibex and inserting them into the egg cells of domestic goats, scientists successfully cloned a live ibex-goat hybrid. It was the first time an extinct animal has been cloned.Telegraph: Extinct ibex is resurrected by cloning (January 31, 2009) Researchers announced on January 31, 2009, that the newborn ibex died of lung deformities after just seven minutes of life.Independent: Cloned goat dies after attempt to bring species back from extinction (February 3, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Also known as bucardo
  2. Mountain goat with short fur, and wool in the wintersPetermass: Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
  3. Very large, thick hornsPetermass: Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
  4. Adult males: 148 cm long, shoulder height 75 cm, horn length 80 cmPetermass: Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
  5. Habitat: Sierra de los Nieves in Spain to French PyreneesPetermass: Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
  6. Last known habitat: Ordesa National Park, SpainPetermass: Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
  7. Diet: grass, herbs, lichenPetermass: Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
  8. Kids born in May, generally one at a timePetermass: Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
  9. Last known found dead on January 6, 2000Petermass: Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica

• Cloning the Ibex

  1. Cells were taken from the last individual while she was briefly in captivityIndependent: Cloned goat dies after attempt to bring species back from extinction (February 3, 2009)
  2. 439 ibex-goat hybrid embryos were createdIndependent: Cloned goat dies after attempt to bring species back from extinction (February 3, 2009)
  3. 57 embryos were transferred into surrogate mothersIndependent: Cloned goat dies after attempt to bring species back from extinction (February 3, 2009)
  4. Seven pregnancies were establishedIndependent: Cloned goat dies after attempt to bring species back from extinction (February 3, 2009)
  5. One goat gave birthIndependent: Cloned goat dies after attempt to bring species back from extinction (February 3, 2009)
  6. Newborn died after seven minutes because of lung deformitiesIndependent: Cloned goat dies after attempt to bring species back from extinction (February 3, 2009)
  7. Similar lung defects have been created in other cloned animalsTelegraph: Extinct ibex is resurrected by cloning (January 31, 2009)
  8. Last living ibex was a 13-year-old female named Celia; cells from her ear were collected in 1999Independent: Cloned goat dies after attempt to bring species back from extinction (February 3, 2009)
  9. Other extinct species slated for cloning attempts: giant panda, African bongo antelope, Sumatran tiger, and pygmy hippoIndependent: Cloned goat dies after attempt to bring species back from extinction (February 3, 2009)

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