Ammotragus

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Ammotragus - genus of wild sheep

genus Ammotragus

mammal genus - a genus of mammals

Bovidae, family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats

Ammotragus lervia, aoudad, arui, audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep - wild sheep of northern Africa

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En 1949, se dio por extirpado al borrego cimarron de la Sierra Maderas del Carmen, Coahuila, debido a factores como la mineria, competencia con borrego domestico (Ovis aries) y cabras (Capra spp.), fauna exotica como el Berberisco (Ammotragus lervia), enfermedades, caceria no controlada, cercos borregueros, sequia y depredacion (Baker 1956; Sanchez 2005).

Depredacion del borrego Ovis canadensis (Artiodactila: Bovidae) y el venado bura Odocoileus hemionus (Artiodactila: Cervidae) por Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae) en Coahuila, Mexico

Cryopreservation of aoudad (Ammotragus lervia sahariensis) sperm obtained by transrectal ultrasound-guided massage of the accessory sex glands and electroejaculation.

Modification of Electro-Ejaculation Technique to Minimise Discomfort during Semen Collection in Bulls

Food habits of the aoudad Ammotragus lervia in the BouHedma Mountains, Tunisia.

Getting the dietary knowledge to restore a missing species: seasonal diet of Atlas deer Cervus elaphus barbarus in Tazekka National Park, Morocco

2005), preying on local ungulates, such as barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) (Dragesco-Joffe 1993, Wacher et al.

Predation of montane deserts ungulates by Asiatic cheetah Acinonyx jubatus venaticus in Central Iran

Known as Ammotragus lervia among scientific circles, Barbary sheep, a.k.a.

The poor man's bighorn: hunting free-range aoudad is much like hunting desert bighorns--only harder

The ungulate species observed in the smallest numbers was aoudad (Ammotragus lervia; detections = 6).

Assessing habitat relationships of mountain lions and their prey in the Davis mountains, Texas

Morphology of the dorsal lingual papillae in the barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia.

Morphologic Effects of Filiform Papilla Root on the Lingual Mechanical Functions of Chinese Yellow Cattle/ Efectos Morfologicos de las Raices de las Papilas Filiformes sobre la Funcion Mecanica Lingual del Ganado Amarillo Chino

This earliest record of the presence of hominins in the Iberian Peninsula is associated with the arrival of several new species, including the bovid Ammotragus europaeus (presumably occupying the same ecological niche as the vanished Soergelia minor), the large horse Equus suessenbornensis, and the extant badger Meles meles, all of them being first recorded in the Guadix-Baza Basin (Martinez-Navarro et al., 2010; Madurell-Malapeira et al., 2011b).

Villafranchian large mammals from the Iberian Peninsula: paleobiogeography, paleoecology and dispersal events

Priority transplant sites were selected based on potential contact with domestic sheep and goats and free ranging aoudads (Ammotragus lervia), amount and juxtaposition of escape terrain, and water availability.

Selection of desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) transplant sites in Sierra Maderas del Carmen and Sierra San Marcos y del Pino, Coahuila, Maxico

Red deer (Cervus elaphus) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) are the most common wild ruminants in Spain; mouflon (Ovis aries), fallow deer (Damadama), and aoudad (Ammotragus lervia) are less common (11).

Spatial and temporal evolution of bluetongue virus in wild ruminants, Spain

Mae'r gafrewigod yn cynnwys anifeiliaid mor wahanol a'r tahr Himalaiaidd (Hemitragus jemlahicus), defaid Barbari (Ammotragus lervia) a'r alpafr (Capra ibex).