The European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) is a feral subspecies of the primitive domestic sheep, originally native to western Asia but now found across Europe. The largest current populations live in the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary and Austria, with smaller populations in Spain, Poland, France, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Bulgaria, and the original Mediterranean populations on Corsica and Sardinia persist at lower numbers. Because it descends from ancient domestic livestock gone feral, the IUCN does not give the subspecies its own conservation assessment and treats it as domesticated rather than wild. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Chile, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Croatia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cyprus, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
Sources
1. GBIF Species API
2. European mouflon (Wikipedia)
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ29350771, descriptionView the Source 4. Wikipedia: European mouflon
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: European mouflon
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