What it is
The Pyrenean ibex, or bucardo (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica), was a subspecies of Iberian ibex. IUCN treats the subspecies as Extinct. Other subspecies still live in Spain. It is not the Alpine ibex (Capra ibex).
Range
The Pyrenees of Spain and France, historically also neighbouring ranges. By the late twentieth century only a handful remained in Ordesa, Spain.
What happened
Centuries of hunting reduced the bucardo to a tiny isolated group. The last wild individual, a female named Celia, was found dead on 6 January 2000. In 2003 a cloned kid was born and died within minutes: the first extinct taxon briefly returned, then lost again. The living Iberian ibex is a different subspecies, not a resurrection.
When / status
Extinct in the wild, 2000. The 2003 clone did not survive.
Human role
Long hunting pressure, then a population too small to recover: a dated subspecies extinction.
Sources
IUCN Red List (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica, EX, 2008); Ordesa record of Celia, 2000; Folch et al. 2009 cloning paper.