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Mouflon
Species group of the wild sheep / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The mouflon (Ovis gmelini) is a wild sheep native to Cyprus, the Caspian region from eastern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran.[1] It is thought to be the ancestor of all modern domestic sheep breeds.[2][3]
Species group of the wild sheep
| Mouflon | |
|---|---|
| |
| Cyprus mouflon (O. g. ophion) male in the wild in Cyprus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Tribe: | Caprini |
| Genus: | Ovis |
| Species: | O. gmelini |
| Binomial name | |
| Ovis gmelini Blyth, 1841 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ovis orientalis orientalis | |
