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Ovis gmelini was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1841 for wild sheep in the Middle East. [4] In the 19th and 20th centuries, several wild sheep were described that are considered mouflon subspecies today: [5] Ovis ophion by Blyth in 1841 for wild sheep in Cyprus; [4]
A young ram Two rams and two ewes Female mouflon with young immediately after birth Mouflon from Brehms Tierleben Mouflon ram Mouflon rams in the Eifel Park, Gondorf Few of the mouflon living at Thomayer Hospital in Prague. The European mouflon is a feral subspecies of the primitive domestic sheep. It is found in Europe and western Asia.
Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the Caprinae subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae. [1] Its seven highly sociable species are known as sheep or ovines. Domestic sheep are members of the genus, and are thought to be descended from the wild mouflon of central and southwest Asia.
Combinatio nova (abbreviated as comb. nov. or n. comb.) is a taxonomic term used when creating a new scientific name based on a previously published legitimate name. The term literally means "new combination" in Latin and is essential in biological nomenclature when taxonomists need to transfer a species to a different genus based on new research indicating different relationships, change the ...
In biological nomenclature, a nomen novum (Latin for "new name"), new replacement name (or replacement name, new substitute name, substitute name [1]) is a scientific name that is created specifically to replace another scientific name, but only when this other name cannot be used for technical, nomenclatural reasons (for example because it is a homonym: it is spelled the same as an existing ...
The Corsicans had within their culture their own supernatural myths and legends. Historically superstitious, the Corsican population had its own beliefs passed down from generation to generation. [35] « L'ochju » is the Corsican version of Evil Eye. To remove «l'ochju» you need a «signatore» (a kind of faith healer) who exorcise the ...
The entire scientific name should be italicized. Note that the 'connecting forms' used in infraspecific plant names, the hybrid symbol, and abbreviations such as "cf.", "sp.", etc. are not part of the scientific name and should not be italicized. Thus Cyclamen hederifolium f. albiflorum ("f."
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...