Not EvaluatedEuropean Mouflon
Ovis aries musimon
35 countries6 parks
Species group · Mammals
WAnimals has 2 species of mouflon, in the family Bovidae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 37 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Corsican females have no horns at all, unlike Sardinian ones, which have small curved horns.
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It feeds by grazing grasses and browsing mountain shrubs and herbs.
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It is native to western Asia but has been widely introduced to continental Europe since antiquity.
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It is regarded as the wild ancestor of every domestic sheep breed in the world.
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Its domestication began between 7,000 and 11,000 years ago in south-western Asia.
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Young males have to win social dominance before they can breed successfully.
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