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Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of sheep, focusing on those found on a farm, in the zoo, or at a circus.
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Sheep, the species Ovis aries, are descended from the mouflon, an endangered wild sheep native to Asia Minor and Cyprus. The mouflon has a reddish-brown hair coat with an undercoat that is shed seasonally. Europe also has a mouflon that prefers rocky slopes of mountains and may have escaped from flocks of primitive domesticated sheep. Wild and domestic sheep and goats belong to the sub-family Caprini, which evolved ten to twenty million years ago in the mountains of Central Asia. They are in the order of mammals Artiodactyla, which means even-toed, hoofed. That order includes ruminant livestock such as cattle....
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- PublisherGrolier Academic Reference
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0717291227
- ISBN 13 9780717291229
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages48
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SHEEP (NATURE'S CHILDREN)
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