Mouflon
The mouflon (Ovis orientalis orientalis[1] group) is a subspecies group of the wild sheep (Ovis orientalis). Populations of O. orientalis can be partitioned into the mouflon (orientalis group) and the urials (vignei group).[1] The mouflon is thought to be one of the two ancestors for all modern domestic sheep breeds.[2][3]
| Mouflon | |
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| Mouflon in the Buffalo Zoo | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | 'Ovis' |
| Species: | 'Ovis orientalis' |
| Binomial name | |
| Ovis orientalis Linnaeus, 1758
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Ovis aries | |
