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Domestic Sheep
Ovis orientalis f. aries Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Cetartiodactyla - even-toed ungulates »  family Bovidae - cattle, antelopes, sheep and goats »  genus Ovis »  species Ovis orientalis - Mouflon

Scientific synonyms

Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 o
Ovis orientalis aries Linnaeus, 1758
Ovis aries aries
Ovis ammon aries
Ovis ammon f. aries

Type taxon of:Ovis Linnaeus, 1758 (Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758)

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Ovis orientalis f. aries - Domestic Sheep

Author: Pavel Zuber

Taxon in country check-lists*

* List of countries might not be complete

Intertaxon relationships

predator: Canis latrans Say, 1823 - Coyote

parasite: Sarcoptes scabiei var. ovis, Echinococcus ortleppi (Lopez-Neyra & Soler, 1943), Echinococcus multilocularis Leuckart, 1863, Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus, 1758), Muellerius capillaris (Müller, 1889), ...

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Included taxa

Number of records: 142

Hybrids

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Acipayam" - Acipayam sheep
breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Altai Sheep" - Siberian Rambouillet
breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Ardennais Roux" - Ardennes red sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Ardennais Roux"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Awassi" - Awassi Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Awassi"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Balwen Welsh Mountain Sheep" - Balwen Welsh Mountain Sheep
breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Bergschaf" - White Mountain sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Bergschaf"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Beulah Speckled-Face Sheep" - Beulah Speckled-Face Sheep
breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Bleu du Maine" - Bleu Du Maine Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Bleu du Maine"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Border Leicester" - Border Leicester Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Border Leicester"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Braunes Bergschaf" - Brown Mountain Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Braunes Bergschaf"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Charollais" - Charollais Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Charollais"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Dorset horn" - Dorset Horn Sheep
breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Estonian Dark-Headed Sheep" - Estonian Dark-Headed Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Estonian Dark-Headed Sheep"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Faroes" - Faroes sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Faroes"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Garfagnina" - Garfagnina sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Garfagnina"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Gotlandfår" - Hornless Gotland Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Gotlandfår"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Hampshire" - Hampshire Sheep
breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Hissar" - Hissar Mountain Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Hissar"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Houtland" - Houtland sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Houtland"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Hvidhovedet marskfår" - Danish white headed marsh sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Hvidhovedet marskfår"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Kainuunharmas" - Kainuu grey sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Kainuunharmas"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Kempens Schaap" - Kempen Heath Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Kempens Schaap"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Kent" - Romney Sheep
breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Kärntner Brillenschaf" - Carinthian Spectacled Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Kärntner Brillenschaf"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Lacaune" - Lacaune Sheep
breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Latvian Black-headed Sheep" - Latvian Black-headed Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Latvian Black-headed Sheep"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Leicester" - English Leicester Sheep
breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Manech" - Manech sheep
breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Navajo-Churro" - Navajo-Churro Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Navajo-Churro"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Noire de Thibar" - Black Thibar sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Noire de Thibar"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Ouessant" - Ouessant Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Ouessant"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Pomeranian Coarsewool Sheep" - Pomeranian Coarsewool Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Pomeranian Coarsewool Sheep"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Ripollesa" - Ripollesa Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Ripollesa"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Romney" - Romney sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Romney"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Rotkopfschaf " - Pyrenaeen Red Head Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Rotkopfschaf "

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Saltasassi" - Saltasassi Sheep
breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Sambre et Meuse" - Sambre-et-Meuse sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Sambre et Meuse"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Sarda" - Sardinian sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Sarda"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Skogsfår" - Swedish Forest Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Skogsfår"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Skudde" - Skudde Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Skudde"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Somali Sheep" - Blackhead Somali Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Somali Sheep"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Swiss Black-Brown Mountain" - Swiss Black-Brown Mountain

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Swiss Black-Brown Mountain"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Tiroler Steinschaf" - Tyrolean Stone Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Tiroler Steinschaf"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Valachian Improved Sheep" - Valachian Improved Sheep
breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Wallis Black-nosed" - Wallis Black-nosed Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Wallis Black-nosed"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Weisse Hornlose Heidschnucke" - German White Hornless Heath

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Weisse Hornlose Heidschnucke"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Wensleydale" - Wensleydale sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Wensleydale"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Wrzosówka" Linnaeus, 1758 - Polish Heath Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Wrzosówka"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "Zwartbles" - Zwartbles Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "Zwartbles"

breed Ovis orientalis f. aries "šumavka" - Sumavska Sheep

Ovis orientalis f. aries "šumavka"


Links and literature

EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
DE Zootier-Lexikon [6930:hausschaf&Itemid=436]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon [as Ovis orientalis f. aries]
Data retrieved on: 7 January 2021
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Ovis ammon f. aries]

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o original combination

i species introduced to area described by check-list