Sheep

Scientific classification


Empire: Animalia


Phylum: Chordate


Class: Mammalian


Order: Artiodactyls


Familial: Bovidae

Subfamily: Caprinae

Genus: Ovis


Species: aries


Binomial name


Ovis aries


Linnaeus, 1758


Sheep is four footed ruminants with wool hair. Which very is recognized people is looking after sheep ( Ovis aries), what is breed estimable from wild moufflon from Middle Asia of south and west. For type differ from sheep and nearness consanguinity, sees goat antelope. Sheep differs from goat.

Classification

At least there are seven sheep species:

Argali, Ovis ammon


Sheep Domestic, Ovis aries


Bighorn Sheep, Ovis canadensis


Thinhorn Sheep, Ovis dalli


Mouflon, Ovis musimon


Snow sheep, Ovis nivicola


Urial, Ovis orientalis


Many halfblooded of sheep happened, usually is divided to become:


halfblooded of wool, or


halfblooded of flesh, or


second above.