‘bezoar ‘noun 2 (Capra aegagrus aegagrus) a wild goat with flat scimitar-shaped horns, found from Greece to Pakistan.’ O.D.E. ‘The bezoar ibex is a vulnerable subspecies of wild goat, native to Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, Russia and Turkey. It has been extirpated from Lebanon. They were also introduced to the Florida Mountains of New Mexico. The bezoar goat is found in the mountains of Asia Minor and across the Middle East. It is also found on some Aegean Islands and in Crete where it is accepted that the goats constitute relict populations of very early domestic animals that were taken to the Mediterranean islands during the prehistoric period and now live as feral populations. The bezoar goat, if not the sole progenitor of the modern domestic goat, was at least its main progenitor. ...' https://www.ovguide.com/bezoar-ibex-9202a8c04000641f8000000008ec77d1

#3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
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‘Persian wild goat’ *Wild Oxen, Sheep & Goats of All Lands, Living and Extinct* (London, R. Ward, 1898).
#WildGoat #bezoar #BezoarIbex
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#wildlife #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration

🎶🎵🎵🎶 Some daaaaay my Prints will come.... 🎶🎶🎵🎶
...and it's today! I can now get them up for sale on Etsy, and the originals will hang in my exhibition in Inverness next February 🥰 @bsky.art #bird #birds #wildlife #wildlifeart #etsyseller #turnstones #redshanks #oystercatcher #iberianhare #wildgoat

https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157631513721465 ‘bezoar ‘noun 2 (Capra aegagrus aegagrus) a wild goat with flat scimitar-shaped horns, found from Greece to Pakistan.’ O.D.E. ‘The bezoar ibex is a vulnerable subspecies of wild goat, native to Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, Russia and Turkey. It has been extirpated from Lebanon. They were also introduced to the Florida Mountains of New Mexico. The bezoar goat is found in the mountains of Asia Minor and across the Middle East. It is also found on some Aegean Islands and in Crete where it is accepted that the goats constitute relict populations of very early domestic animals that were taken to the Mediterranean islands during the prehistoric period and now live as feral populations. The bezoar goat, if not the sole progenitor of the modern domestic goat, was at least its main progenitor. ...' https://www.ovguide.com/bezoar-ibex-9202a8c04000641f8000000008ec77d1

#3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
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‘Persian wild goat’ *Wild Oxen, Sheep & Goats of All Lands, Living and Extinct* (London, R. Ward, 1898).
#WildGoat #bezoar #BezoarIbex
👉ALT
#wildlife #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration

First wild camp of the year. Heading to Carsaig arches. Home to many wild goats. #carsaig #isleofmull #wildgoat