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Sheep

Ovis

Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the goat-antelope subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae. Its five or more highly sociable species are known as sheep. The domestic sheep is one member of the genus, and is thought to be descended from the wild mouflon of central and southwest Asia.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Bighorn Sheep

speciesOvis canadensis

Domestic Sheep

speciesOvis aries

Thinhorn Sheep

speciesOvis dalli

Argali

speciesOvis ammon

Asian Mouflon

speciesOvis gmelinii

Urial

speciesOvis vignei

Snow Sheep

speciesOvis nivicola

Iranian Red Sheep

hybridOvis gmelinii × vignei

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Sheep in Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam

Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.247

Sheep in Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.709

Sheep in On the Virtues of Herbs

On the Virtues of Herbs

Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.165

Sheep in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.58

Sheep in Garden of Health

Garden of Health

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.58

Sheep in Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

James Sowerby · 1797 · p.880

Sheep in Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.152

Sheep in Illustrations and Descriptions of Plants

Illustrations and Descriptions of Plants

Dominicus Chabrae · 1678 · p.715

Sheep in Elements of Botany

Elements of Botany

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.170

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42387.