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Ovis strepsiceros Linnaeus, 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.
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Length. 120-180. 47.2-70.9. cminch. cm inch . Sheep or Domestic sheep ( Ovis aries) are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are even-toed ungulates. Numbering a little over one billion, Domestic sheep are also the most numerous species of sheep. Sheep are most likely descended from the ...
Sheep are domesticated animals which have been bred by man. There are breeds which specialise in wool or meat. The plural of "sheep" is just "sheep". A domestic sheep is a domesticated mammal related to wild sheep and goats. Sheep are owned and looked after by a sheep farmer. Female sheep are called ewes.
Aug 9, 2019 · By. K. Kris Hirst. Updated on August 09, 2019. Sheep ( Ovis aries) were probably domesticated at least three separate times in the Fertile Crescent (western Iran and Turkey, and all of Syria and Iraq). This occurred approximately 10,500 years ago and involved at least three different subspecies of the wild mouflon ( Ovis gmelini ).
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