Mouflon: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Mouflon Ovis gmelini Near threatened

Where the mouflon lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 3,032 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats on the world map

Scientific name	Ovis gmelini
Group	Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Europe
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Bovidae

Where does the mouflon live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the mouflon in 1 country or territory across Europe.

France

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.

Is the mouflon endangered?

The mouflon’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the mouflon?

The mouflon (Ovis gmelini) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae, genus Ovis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the mouflon

The mouflon (Ovis gmelini) or moufflon is a wild sheep native to Cyprus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and two separate parts of Turkey.

Thought to be the ancestor of all modern domestic sheep breeds, this wild sheep can also be found in parts of Europe, particularly in Mediterranean islands.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mouflon (revision 1371274526), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q190294 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).