πMouflon
The mouflon or moufflon is a wild sheep native to Cyprus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and two separate parts of Turkey. Thought to be the ancestor of all modern domestic sheep breeds, this wild sheep can also be found in parts of Europe, particularly in Mediterranean islands.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 110 kg
- Body length
- 1.58 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 23 years
Everything we know about the Mouflon
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass110 kgCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Body length1.58 mCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Brain mass109 gCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Maximum lifespan23 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Generation length7.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Age at maturity2.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Gestation159 daysCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Volume l110 LaverageDetails βHide β
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Mouflon yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassMammalia
- βΊorderArtiodactyla
- βΊfamilyBovidae
- βΊgenusOvis
- βΊspeciesOvis gmelini
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals Β· Artiodactyla
- genusOvis
- speciesOvis aries
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals Β· Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyCaprinae
- genusOvis
- speciesOvis aries
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