| LC control no. | sh 85087707 |
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| LC classification | QL737.U53 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Mouflon |
| Variant(s) | European mouflon European mouflon sheep Moufflon Mouflon sheep Muflon Ovis anatolica Ovis aries Ovis armeniana Ovis corsicosardinensis Ovis cyprius Ovis erskinei Ovis gmelini Ovis isphaganica Ovis jubata Ovis laristanica Ovis matschiei Ovis mongolica Ovis musimon Ovis occidentalis Ovis occidentosardinensis Ovis ophion Ovis orientalis Ovis orientalis musimon Ovis orientalis ophion Ovis sinesella Ovis urmiana |
| See also | Mountain sheep Ovis |
| Found in | Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council. Symposium (11th : 1998 : Whitefish, Mont.). Addendum to the Proceedings of the Eleventh Biennial Symposium, 2000: p. 12 (European mouflon (Ovis orientalis musimon); mouflon sheep; mouflon; native to the islands of Corsica and Sardinia; widely distrib. due to introductions to the Crimea, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Luxemburg, Italy, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Spain, Finland, Denmark, Bulgaria, and the U.S.) Mammal species of the world, via WWW, June 10, 2001 (Ovis aries. Common name: mouflon. Distribution: S and E Turkey, Armenia, S Azerbaijan, N Iraq, W Iran. Domesticated worldwide; primitive domestic populations (mouflon) feral on Corsica and Sardinia, introduced from there to Europe, Crimea (USSR), USA (incl. Hawaiian Isls), Chile, Kerguelen Isls, Tenerife (Canary Isls); on Cyprus; and on St. Kilda and other small islands off the British Isles; improved domestic stock feral in Norway, Sweden, USA, islands off coasts of British Isles and New Zealand, Kerguelen Isls, and probably other oceanic islands. Comments: Includes orientalis; also includes musimon and ophion, primitive domestic sheep, now feral. Status: CITES - Appendix I as O. orientalis ophion; U.S. ESA - Endangered as O. musimon ophion; IUCN - Vulnerable as O. orientalis musimon and O. orientalis ophion. Synonyms: anatolica, armeniana, corsicosardinensis, cyprius, erskinei, gmelini, isphaganica, jubata, laristanica, matschiei, mongolica, musimon, occidentalis, occidentosardinensis, ophion, orientalis, sinesella, urmiana) Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 1997, via WWW, June 10, 2001 (Ovis aries, European Mouflon Sheep) ITIS, June 10, 2001 (Ovis aries. Common name: sheep (feral). Synonyms: Ovis musimon, Ovis orientalis) |
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