Barbary sheep
| Barbary sheep | |
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CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Tribe: | Caprini |
| Genus: | Ammotragus (Blyth, 1840) |
| Species: | A. lervia
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| Binomial name | |
| Ammotragus lervia (Pallas, 1777)
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| Subspecies | |
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A. l. angusi Rothschild, 1921 | |
| Range of Ammotragus lervia Extant (resident) Possibly extant (resident) Extant and reintroduced (resident) Possibly extinct Presence uncertain
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| Synonyms | |
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The Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), also known as aoudad (pronounced [ˈɑʊdæd]), 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.