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    Sheep (redirect from Ovis aries)
    (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term sheep can apply to other species in the genus Ovis, in...
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    2023). "Ovis gracilis sp. nov. (Artiodactyla, Bovidae) from the Lower Pleistocene of the Taurida Cave in the Crimea and History of the Genus Ovis". Paleontological...
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    today: Ovis ophion by Blyth in 1841 for wild sheep in Cyprus; Ovis laristanica by Nikolai Nasonov in 1909 for wild sheep in Lar in southern Iran; Ovis orientalis...
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  • (disambiguation) Arius (disambiguation) Aries in Chinese astronomy Eros, Greek god of lust Ovis aries, sheep Grupo Aries, a company based in Mexico This disambiguation...
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    2015/16, retrieved 28 July 2017 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ovis aries musimon. Holger Piegert, Walter Uloth: Der Europäische Mufflon. DSV-Verlag...
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    the most common meats around the world, taken from the domestic sheep, Ovis aries, and generally divided into lamb, from sheep in their first year, hogget...
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    Musimon can also refer to the real animal known as the European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon), a wild short-fleeced mountain sheep found on the islands of...
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  • dictionary. Sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals that are typically kept as livestock. Sheep may also refer to: Ovis, a genus including...
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    The Rambouillet is a breed of sheep (Ovis aries). It is also known as the Rambouillet Merino or the French Merino. The development of the Rambouillet breed...
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    behavior in sheep has been well documented and studied. The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) is the only species of mammal except for humans which exhibits exclusive...
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    larva of Trypocopris vernalis feeds on dung of animals such as sheep (Ovis aries) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Trypocopris vernalis is found in Europe...
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    to exhibit exclusive homosexual orientation is the domesticated sheep (Ovis aries), involving about 10% of males. The motivations for and implications of...
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    list of breeds of domestic sheep. Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are partially derived from mouflon (Ovis gmelini) stock, and have diverged sufficiently to...
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    plateau in New Castile. The Manchega sheep's ancestors were known as Ovis aries ligeries, and migrated across the Pyrenees and much of northern Spain...
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    cattle (Bos taurus) Jacob's sheep (Ovis aries) Barbados Blackbelly sheep (Ovis aries) Hampshire sheep (Ovis aries) Nigerian Dwarf goat (Capra hircus)...
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    The Soay sheep is a breed of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) descended from a population of feral sheep on the 100-hectare (250-acre) island of Soay in the...
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  • Merino sheep (Ovis aries). One was a famous ram named Sinbad, that was killed by falling into the well. Moe Pond is located west of Mount Ovis. "Legends and...
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    their wild ancestors is unclear. The most common hypothesis states that Ovis aries is descended from the Asiatic (O. orientalis) species of mouflon.: 5 ...
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    the urial (Ovis orientalis) occupies a largely infertile area from Kashmir to Iran, including much desert country. The Armenian mouflon (Ovis gmelini gmelini)...
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  • "Soils of Contrasting pH Affect the Decomposition of Buried Mammalian ( Ovis aries ) Skeletal Muscle Tissue". Journal of Forensic Sciences. 54 (4): 900–904...
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    Chiroptera, Gallus (chickens and relatives), Myotis myotis, and sheep (Ovis aries). It is found in temperate climates throughout the world. Other species...
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    cat (Felis catus), occasionally human (Homo sapiens), domestic sheep (Ovis aries), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), coyote (Canis latrans) and American...
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    the subfamily Caprinae of the family Bovidae. Sheep belong to the genus Ovis and have 54 chromosomes, while goats belong to the genus Capra and have 60...
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    Artiodactyla: Bos taurus (cow), Sus domesticus (pig), Capra hircus (goat), Ovis aries (sheep), Dicotyles tajacu (peccary), Lama glama (llama), Lama vicugna...
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    anticoagulant, pindone, on the breeding performance and survival of merino sheep, Ovis aries". Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B. 140 (3): 465–73. doi:10.1016/j.cbpc.2004...
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  • Appendices, and the domesticated form Ovis aries aries which is not subject to the provisions of the Convention) Ovis canadensis (Only the population of...
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    (Ota). Two endangered subspecies of hoofed mammals, the European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) and Corsican red deer (Cervus elaphus corsicanus) inhabit the...
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    sustained-control program designed to facilitate the sport. Mouflon (Ovis aries orientalis) was introduced from 1962 to 1964, and a plan to release axis...
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    The Manx Loaghtan (/ˈlɒxtən/ LOKH-tən) is a rare breed of sheep (Ovis aries) native to the Isle of Man. It is sometimes spelled as Loaghtyn or Loghtan...
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    Journal of Agricultural Economics 51.1 (1969): 138–158. Media related to Ovis aries at Wikimedia Commons Media related to Sheep shearing at Wikimedia Commons...
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