Barbary sheep  (Ammotragus lervia)

Facts

Also known as: aoudad, uaddan
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderArtiodactyla
FamilyBovidae
GenusAmmotragus (1)
SizeHead-body length: 130 – 165 cm (2)
Tail length: 12 – 25 cm (2)
Male weight: 100 – 140 kg (2)
Female weight: 40 – 55 kg (2)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (3). Subspecies: Ammotragus lervia ornata (Egyptian Barbary Sheep) is classified as Extinct in the Wild (EW) on the IUCN Red List (1).

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