Aoudad

Aoudad
The Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia, also called Aoudad, Arui and Waddan (in Libya) is a species of Caprinae (goat-antelope) found in rocky mountains in North Africa. Six subspecies have been described, (see below). Although it is rare in its native North Africa, it has been introduced to North America, southern Europe and elsewhere.

This photograph is of an Aoudad, a Barbary Sheep at the Wildlife Ranch in San Antonio, TEXAS, USA.

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The Mammals of Texas - Online Edition - A fantastic resource which has a good general description of the Barbary Sheep (Aoudad). The resource is published online by the NSRL, The Natural Science Research Laboratory, which is is a division of the Museum of Texas Tech University and is committed to the mission of building and preserving a library of our planet's natural heritage for education and research purposes.

UnitedStates Fauna provides great information on all UnitedStates animals and more. I found a very useful general description of The Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia) which had specific American related information and a useful bibliography.



Iberian Nature is a guide to the natural history of Spain and has a page with information relating to Barbary Sheep in Spain.

The Web Site of Everything had something on the Aoudad, a page with photographs and excerpts from multiple other websites. The Audad information here is presented as a list of facts with links back to the original website where the information was written.

The Ultimate Ungulate has a page describing Ammotragus lervia Aoudad, Barbary sheep. The page usefully gives a Literature Cited credit for material at the bottom of the page.

There is a definition of the Aoudad at the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: a wild bovine (Ammotragus lervia) of North Africa that is closely related to goats and sheep and has been introduced into the southwestern United States —called also aoudad sheep, Barbary sheep.

The Open Libray has a novel, titled Barbary Sheep that was published in 1907 and is now in the public domain. The novel is available to read online.

Barbary sheep
a novel
by Robert Smythe Hichens
Published in 1907, Harper & brothers (New York, London)

Arkive Images of Life on Earth has some stunning photogrpahs of Barbary Sheep, Aodad online. The Barbary Sheep Aodad photos have been collected together from various online stock photo archives.

Seaworld has an Animal Bytes Aoudad Barbary Sheep page. Some good Aoudad info. including fun facts and fast facts and a bibliography.

ZooFriends has a very readable article amout Aoudad, Barbary Sheep. Distribution around the world is discussed as well as conservation measures currently in place. Good, factual informative Aoudad news.