Sheep
Ovis aries
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,887
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
Description
Sheep (pl.: sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Sheep”.