A Bavarian sheep grazing in a lush green pasture.
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Domestic Sheep

Ovis aries

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15 photos · first photographed 2022-07-01

Distribution

Range

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Quick facts

Group
Mammals
Family
Bovidae
Size
60–90 cm (shoulder)
Weight
45–160 kg
Diet
Herbivore
Lifespan
10–12 yrs
Habitat
Pastures, Farmland, Uplands

About

Sheep or domestic sheep are a domesticated ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term sheep can apply to other species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated sheep. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates.

Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.

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