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Domestication of the sheep. "Valach" from Brumov in Moravian Wallachia, 1787. Shepherding was a traditional occupation of Romanians, and as they colonised the northern Carpathian range and eventually assimilated, their exonym "Valach" became synonymous with "shepherd". The history of the domestic sheep goes back to between 11,000 and 9,000 BCE ...
Ovis guineensisLinnaeus, 1758Ovis strepsicerosLinnaeus, 1758. Sheep (pl.: sheep) or domestic sheep (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 everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated sheep.
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.
Domestication is a multi-generational mutualistic relationship in which an animal species, such as humans or leafcutter ants, takes over control and care of other species, such as sheep or fungi, to obtain from them a steady supply of resources, such as meat, milk, or labor.
Blyth, 1841. Range of the Ovis gmelini. The mouflon (Ovis gmelini) is a wild sheep native to Cyprus, and the Caspian region, including eastern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran. [1] It is also found in parts of Europe. It is thought to be the ancestor of all modern domestic sheep breeds. [2][3]
The domestication of vertebrates is the mutual relationship between vertebrate animals including birds and mammals, and the humans who have influence on their care and reproduction. [ 1 ] Charles Darwin recognized a small number of traits that made domesticated species different from their wild ancestors. He was also the first to recognize the ...
Bighorn sheep live in large herds and do not typically follow a single leader ram, unlike the mouflon, the ancestor of the domestic sheep, which has a strict dominance hierarchy. Before the mating season or "rut", the rams attempt to establish a dominance hierarchy to determine access to ewes for mating.
Sheep and goats are found primarily in Eurasia, though the Barbary sheep and the ibex form part of the African fauna. The muskox is confined to the arctic tundra. Several bovid species have been domesticated by human beings. The domestication of goats and sheep began 10 thousand years ago, while cattle were domesticated about 7.5 thousand years ...