Barbary sheep: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Barbary sheep lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ammotragus lervia
Group	Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Africa, Europe, North America
Mass	4.5 kg (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Bovidae

Where does the Barbary sheep live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Barbary sheep in 5 countries and territories across Africa, Europe and North America. In France, Morocco it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Spain
United States
France (introduced)
Tunisia
Morocco (introduced)

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a Barbary sheep?

Wikidata records the following for the Barbary sheep: mass 4.5 kg (birth weight).

Is the Barbary sheep endangered?

The Barbary sheep’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Barbary sheep?

The Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae, genus Ammotragus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Barbary sheep

The Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), also known as aoudad (pronounced [ˈɑʊdæd]), is a species of caprine native to rocky mountains in North Africa and parts of West Africa. While this is the only species in genus Ammotragus, 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 Berber languages as waddan or arwi, and in former French territories as the mouflon.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Barbary sheep (revision 1374564056), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q322141 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).