Showing posts with label Alpine Ibex. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alpine Ibex. Show all posts

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Alpine Ibex (Male)

This is called 'Stambecco' in Italian; in French it is known as 'Bouquetin' (also in Slovenia it is 'Kozorog', in Germany it is 'Steinbock' and in Holland 'Steenbok'.) Scientific name: Capra ibex.

This photo is taken on the slopes of the Grenz glacier in Gornergrat (3100m), Switzerland.



Photo: Arnab Chatterjee, Trieste, Italy

Alpine Ibex (female)

This is called 'Stambecco' in Italian; in French it is known as 'Bouquetin' (also in Slovenia it is 'Kozorog', in Germany it is 'Steinbock' and in Holland 'Steenbok'.) Scientific name: Capra ibex.

This photo is taken on the slopes of the Grenz glacier in Gornergrat (3100m), Switzerland.



Photo: Arnab Chatterjee, Trieste, Italy