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06 Ewe with her two lambs in Wester Ross by Romaniviatores🐑

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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
Mammals

🐑Sheep

Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758

No description of the Sheep yet.

Videos
654
Photos
5
Measurements
5
vs you
≈ 1.3× your weight
Also called
Ovis aries, Domestic Sheep
Conservation status
NENot evaluated

IUCN Red List assessment, 2008.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
80 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
23 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Sheep

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
80 kg
AnAge
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data quality: high

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Maximum lifespan
23 years
AnAge
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data quality: high

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
146 days
AnAge
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data quality: high

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 2
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data quality: high

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Volume l
80 Laverage
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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 Sheep yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderArtiodactyla
  5. ›familyBovidae
  6. ›genusOvis
  7. ›speciesOvis aries
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  3. subfamilyCaprinae
  4. genusOvis
All 16 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  12. suborderRuminantia
  13. infraorderPecora
  14. familyBovidae
  15. subfamilyCaprinae
  16. genusOvis
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In other languages
sau (nb), Ovis aries (de), Ovis aries (nl), Ovis aries (it), Ovis aries (es), Ovis aries (fr) … and 15 more languages
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06 Ewe with her two lambs in Wester Ross by Romaniviatores20180513Ovis aries1Camp chq animals grp 2DSC 0529
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