Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Class Mammalia > Subclass Eutheria > Order Artiodactyla > Family Bovidae > Genus Ovis

Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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Genus group names

OvisLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English-United States: Feral Sheep sources: Charles Hussey
 Norwegian Bokmål: sau sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:70
 Norwegian Nynorsk: sau sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:70
 Swedish: får

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Citation

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305238

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Occurrence

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Last modified

2005-01-25 by Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz

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