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Barbary Sheep (Manenschaap)




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Barbary Sheep (Aoudad) - Ammotragus lervia - Manenschaap
North-Africa. Introduced to Mexico and Spain.

The following 6 subspecies are being recognized:
Ammotragus lervia lervia - Mountains of Morocco, North-Algeria and North-Tunisia;
Ammotragus lervia ornata - Eastern and Western Desert of Egypt;
Ammotragus lervia blainei - Sudan, Northeast-Chad, Southeast-Libya;
Ammotragus lervia fassini - South-Tunisia and Libya;
Ammotragus lervia angusi - Aïr and Termit Massifs of Niger;
Ammotragus lervia sahariensis - South-Morocco and Mauritania to Sudan and Niger.

Of this species there are also Nature Photo's available.


Barbary SheepAmmotragus lervia ssp.
Barbary Sheep
Ammotragus lervia ssp.
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