One of the 2 mouflons on WAnimals
Mammals · Artiodactyla · Bovidae
Ovis orientalis
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
It is widely regarded as the wild ancestor of every domestic sheep breed in the world, a domestication that began between 7,000 and 11,000 years ago.
Weight
35 kg – 50 kg
Size
1.1 m – 1.5 m
Life expectancy
11 years
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Herd
Lives in large groups as a strategy against predators.
Sighting difficulty
Easy
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Sources consulted: World Species; AnAge (genomics.senescence.info); AnimalSpot; PubMed (reproductive seasonality study); Animalia.bio; AnimalHub; World Life Expectancy
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