Barbary sheep  (Ammotragus lervia)

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Glossary

  • Genus: a category used in taxonomy, which is below ‘family’ and above ‘species’. A genus tends to contain species that have characteristics in common. The genus forms the first part of a ‘binomial’ Latin species name; the second part is the specific name.
  • Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (April, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Kingdon, J. (1997) The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals.Academic Press Ltd, London.
  3. CITES (April, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Stuart, C. and Stuart, T. (1997) Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa.Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
  5. Nowak, R.M. (1999) Walker's Mammals of the World.Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
  6. Shackleton, D.M. (1997) Wild Sheep and Goats and their Relatives: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Caprinae.IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
  7. Wacher, T., Baha el Din, S., Mikhail, G. and Baha el Din, M. (2002) New observations of the ‘extinct’ Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia ornata in Egypt. Oryx, 36 (3): 203 - 304.
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