Ibex vs. Urial — What's the Difference?

An ibex (plural ibex, ibexes or ibices) is any of several species of wild mountain goat (genus Capra), distinguished by the male's large recurved horns, which are transversely ridged in front. Ibex are found in Eurasia, North Africa, and East Africa.

The urial (Ovis vignei), also known as the arkars or shapo, is a wild sheep native to Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Any of several wild goats of the genus Capra, especially C. ibex, native to mountainous regions of Eurasia and northern Africa, and having long, ridged, backward-curving horns.

A wild sheep (Ovis vignei syn. O. orientalis subsp. vignei), of Central and South Asia, having a reddish-brown coat and long, curved horns in the male.

A type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species Capra ibex.

A bearded reddish sheep, subspecies of Ovis orientalis (including Ovis orientalis vignei), previously classified as Ovis vignei, being endemic to southern Asia and believed to be a wild ancestor of domestic sheep.

(heraldry) An imaginary creature with serrated horns, somewhat similar to the heraldic antelope.

Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia

One of several species of wild goats having very large, recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; - called also steinbok.

Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns