Aoudad

Ammotragus lervia

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia β€ΊPhylum: Chordata β€ΊClass: Mammalia β€ΊOrder: Artiodactyla β€ΊFamily: Bovidae β€ΊGenus: Ammotragus

About

The Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) or aoudad is a species of caprid native to rocky mountains in North Africa. 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 the Berber language as awdad, waddan, arwi, and arrwis.