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Several ibexes, a second-class protected animal, climb rocky cliff in Hutubi County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Nov. 23, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Tao Weiming)
Ibexes mainly live in high altitude mountainous areas, including Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia. The population of this rare species grows continuously.
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Several ibexes, a second-class protected animal, climb rocky cliff in Hutubi County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Nov. 23, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Tao Weiming)
![](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2022/11/25/bdd81f6193cb4a0790422e3d5b29e6a9.jpg)
Several ibexes, a second-class protected animal, climb rocky cliff in Hutubi County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Nov. 23, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Tao Weiming)
![](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2022/11/25/3f82d6fd30b643f3be39805994365ffc.jpg)
Several ibexes, a second-class protected animal, climb rocky cliff in Hutubi County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Nov. 23, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Tao Weiming)
![](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2022/11/25/5fbe130e5f0a4150a285359103c8d0f4.jpg)
Several ibexes, a second-class protected animal, climb rocky cliff in Hutubi County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Nov. 23, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Tao Weiming)