Ovis aries

Linnaeus, 1758

Domestic Sheep

Side view of male, standing. Ovis aries musimon, European Mouflon.
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Location:USA, TX, Tarrant Co., Fort Worth ZooDate taken:Jan 1, 1992

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1230

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Bovoidea
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Caprini
Genus : Ovis

Species status

Living
Domesticated
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881

Original name as described

Ovis Aries

Other common names

Sheep · Mouflon · European Mouflon

Type locality

Sweden.

Country distribution

Domesticated

Taxonomy notes

domestic form of O. gmelini

Taxonomy notes citation

Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J. and Groves, C.P. 2004. The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science 31(5):645-651. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.006

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006204

Country distribution map

No distribution data available.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 225 names and synonyms.

Ovis Aries africana

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

africana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Erxleben (1777:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Gmelin (1788:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  5. Kerr (1792:327, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  6. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis Aries anglica

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

anglica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Erxleben (1777:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Gmelin (1788:197, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  5. Kerr (1792:326, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  6. Desmarest (1822:491, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  7. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis Aries

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

aries

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Berkenhout (1769:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25813726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68488)
  4. Boddaert (1772:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  5. Müller (1776:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37288)
  6. Erxleben (1777:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  7. Leske (1779:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  8. Borowski (1780:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67759)
  9. Zimmermann (1783:157, 161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  10. Zimmermann (1783:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  11. Boddaert (1785:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  12. Gmelin (1788:197, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  13. Kerr (1792:325, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  14. Borkhausen (1797:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  15. Cuvier (1797:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  16. Lacépède (1799:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62452)
  17. Shaw (1801:385, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  18. Daudin (1802:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  19. Turton (1802:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  20. Thunberg (1811:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  21. Fischer (1813:447, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
  22. Muirhead (1819:464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  23. Nilsson (1820:258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
  24. Hemprich (1820:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  25. Desmarest (1822:488, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  26. Smith (1827:324, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59866)
  27. Billberg (1827:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  28. Lesson (1827:400, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  29. Rengger (1830:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68767)
  30. Burnett (1830:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  31. Sykes (1831:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67691)
  32. Eichwald (1831:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  33. Melchior (1834:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)
  34. Küster (1835:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13242318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67761)
  35. S.D.W. (1836:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2508316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43690)
  36. Schinz (1837:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
  37. Nordmann (1839:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)
  38. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  39. Smith (1842:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  40. Lesson (1842:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  41. De Kay (1842:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  42. Gray (1843:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  43. Crespon (1844:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
  44. Tschudi (1844:255, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34348)
  45. Gay (1847:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37640)
  46. Sundevall (1847:273, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40482)
  47. Gray (1850:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  48. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  49. Gray (1852:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  50. Rosenhauer (1856:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42185394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69178)
  51. Horsfield (1857:404, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
  52. Schrenck (1859:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  53. Blyth (1863:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  54. Murray (1866:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  55. Brown (1868:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72298)
  56. Frantzius (1869:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7058641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72294)
  57. Gray (1872:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  58. Sclater (1872:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  59. Severtsov (1873:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  60. Noack (1887:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67855)
  61. Elera (1895:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
  62. Alfaro (1897:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  63. Schulze (1897:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  64. Acloque (1900:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  65. Trouessart (1905:740, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  66. Ward (1910:416, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  67. Lydekker (1913:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  68. Flower (1932:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)
  69. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  70. Anderson (1972:395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  71. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  72. Heaton (1985:380, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8885298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5733)
  73. Grubb (1993:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  74. Anderson (1997:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  75. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  76. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  77. Jackson & Groves (2015:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  78. Jackson & Groves (2015:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  79. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #200000012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  80. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #200000012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  81. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  82. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)

Ovis guineensis

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033882

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1772:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  4. Erxleben (1777:253, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  5. Borowski (1780:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67759)
  6. Shaw (1801:389, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  7. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis Aries hispanica

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hispanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Erxleben (1777:247, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Gmelin (1788:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  5. Kerr (1792:327, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  6. Desmarest (1822:491, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  7. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis Aries laticaudata

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

laticaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Erxleben (1777:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Gmelin (1788:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  5. Kerr (1792:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  6. Desmarest (1822:489, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  7. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  8. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis Aries polycerat.

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

polycerata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Erxleben (1777:247, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Gmelin (1788:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  5. Kerr (1792:327, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  6. Desmarest (1822:490, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  7. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis Aries rustica

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rustica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Erxleben (1777:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Gmelin (1788:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  5. Kerr (1792:326, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  6. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis Strepsiceros

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Bovidae

Root name

strepsiceros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033882

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1772:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  4. Erxleben (1777:255, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  5. Borowski (1780:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67759)
  6. Gmelin (1788:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  7. Kerr (1792:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  8. Borkhausen (1797:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  9. Daudin (1802:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  10. Turton (1802:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  11. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis brachyura

Pallas, 1776

Family

Bovidae

Root name

brachyura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27823311

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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