Talk:Alpine Ibex

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User:Ferkelparade: Of course, I udnerstood that the English also like to call it steinbock. Only wanted to point out that it is German origin. (for English speakers: Steinbock is a German word, maening the same in german as in English, and put together from Stein=rock and Bock=(male) goat). Simon A. 15:17, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Hi Simon, I didn't think it was really necessary to add that the name is German...for example, the article on the Gnu/Wildebeest also just lists both common names without pointing out that one of them is the Boer name. Anyway, before we're riding the Ibex into Polish City territory, I've reinserted a small note about the German origin of the name :P Ferkelparade π 17:44, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Height of 1M??

I assume this refers to height at the withers rather than head???--SB Pete (talk) 18:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 22,000 feet?

I don't know what source provided the figure of 22,000 feet for the upper elevational limit of Capra ibex, but if it's restricted to the Alps, then 15,774 feet (the summit of Mont Blanc) would seem to be the maximum possible (excluding the possibility of goat flight). I have changed it to 15,000, but suspect that even that is an overestimate. Can anyone provide a more accurate figure? --Stemonitis 06:28, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bouquetins?

What's a bouquetin?

As far as I'm aware, bouquetin is just the French name for ibex. There might be some justification for including this in the English article, since much of the alpine ibex's habitat is in France and French-speaking Switzerland. Mtford 02:43, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, just the French name for the Alpine Ibex as far as I understand it as well. Of course, when I was in Val D'Isere a few years back the English people with whom I had a conversation about the animals referred to them by the French name in an English accent so I suppose there is at least some precedent for the English language use of the French and/or German name. This is also, of course, quite common with other animals/plants. For example, Bouvier Des Flandres/Flemish Sheep Dog; Coriander/Cilantro, etc. --SB Pete (talk) 18:44, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jackals?

There are no jackals in the alps, so how can they get in a fight with the steinbock? 84.169.223.237 19:09, 19 November 2006 (UTC)