European mouflon
| European mouflon | |
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Domesticated
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Ovis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | O. a. musimon
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| Trinomial name | |
| Ovis aries musimon (Pallas, 1811)
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The European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) is a feral subspecies of the primitive domestic sheep. It is found in Europe and western Asia. It is originally from western Asia.