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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Mammals > Eutheria > Artiodactyla > Ruminants > Sheep

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Sheep  

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  • Ovis

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  • SHEEP, DOMESTIC and SHEEP, BIGHORN are also available; SHEEP unspecified goes here

Scope note

  • Any of the ruminant mammals with curved horns in the genus Ovis, family Bovidae. They possess lachrymal grooves and interdigital glands, which are absent in GOATS.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012756

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