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The mouflon (Ovis gmelini) is a wild sheep native to Cyprus, and the Caspian region, ... The horns of mature rams are curved almost one full revolution (up to 85 cm). ...
The European mouflon has a smooth hairy coat, the rams are fox red-brown in the summer, usually with a whitish saddle patch, the ewes are brownish. Both sexes are darker in winter. The rams have helix-shaped horns up to 80 cm long; females have no horns on Sardinia, but on Corsica they have smaller horns that are slightly curved towards the rear.
Cypriot mouflon have short hair, reddish to dark brown colour with dark black stripes on saddle area. Males have horns and females are usually without horns. In mature mouflons the horns are actually almost fully curled into a circle. [citation needed] Females are polled meaning without horns
It is a cross between a goat and a sheep; it has the feet and body of a goat, the head and beard of a ram, and two horns from each for a total of four—two curved and two straight. [ 1 ] 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 ...
Here's something that even veteran FarmVille players can get excited about: the Mouflon Sheep has just appeared on the game's free gifts page as a limited time only gift. While this animal has ...
The exact line of descent from wild ancestors to domestic sheep is unclear. [2] The most common hypothesis states that Ovis aries is descended from the Asiatic (O. gmelini) species of mouflon; the European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) is a direct descendant of this population. [3]
The bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) [6] is a species of sheep native to North America. [7] It is named for its large horns.A pair of horns may weigh up to 14 kg (30 lb); [8] the sheep typically weigh up to 143 kg (315 lb). [9]
Barbary sheep stand 75 to 110 cm (2 ft 6 in to 3 ft 7 in) tall at the shoulder, with a length around 1.5 m (5 ft), and weigh 30 to 145 kg (66 to 320 lb). [5] They are sandy-brown, darkening with age, with a slightly lighter underbelly and a darker line along the back.