🐃Barbary sheep
The Barbary sheep, also known as aoudad, is a species of caprine native to rocky mountains in North Africa and parts of West Africa. While this is the only species in genus Ammotragus, six subspecies have been described. Although it is rare in its native North Africa, it has been introduced to North America, southern Europe, and elsewhere. It is also known in Berber languages as waddan or arwi, and in former French territories as the mouflon.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.
- Body mass
- 93 kg
- Body length
- 1.55 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 22 years
Everything we know about the Barbary sheep
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass93 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 93 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.55 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass210 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan22 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length5 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.4 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation152 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 149 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range7.06 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l93 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Barbary sheep yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyBovidae
- ›genusAmmotragus
- ›speciesAmmotragus lervia
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- subfamilyCaprinae
- genusAmmotragus
All 16 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyCaprinae
- genusAmmotragus
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