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	Mouflon - Ovis musimon
		The mouflon is thought to be one of two original ancestors of all modern day sheep.
		A mouflon is about the size of a medium sheep with a weight range of 55-120 pounds.
		The mouflon is a shy animal which feeds mostly at night and doesn't stay long in one place.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /mouflon.htm (567 words)

	The Mouflon
		The Mouflon is distinctive because of the long tightly coiled horns which the male has.
		The Mouflon is a handsome looking sheep, the coat is short and shiny, and it has a rich red or dark brown colour.
		The winter coat is much thicker than the summer coat; the Mouflon is unusual in that it moults twice a year.
	www.geocities.com /magicgoatman/mouflon.html (286 words)

	Mouflon - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Mouflon, common name for a small, wild sheep of Corsica, Sardinia, and Cyprus.
		Two other varieties found in north-western North America are the white sheep, or Dall sheep, and the deep grey or greyish-brown Stone's sheep.
		The most notable of these is the mouflon, a wild sheep, which is no longer common.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Mouflon.html (101 words)

	Mouflon Sheep
		Mouflon sheep are found in Corsica and Sardinia.
		Mouflon Sheep have a social system that is based on a single, dominant leader.
		The Mouflon is possibly an ancestor to all domestic sheep.
	www.eriezoo.org /mouflon_sheep.htm (303 words)

	Binghamton Zoo Animals
		Mouflon are 4-5 feet long, and they stand about 2-4 feet tall at the shoulder.
		Mouflon exhibit sexual segregation with the females out-competing the males for available resources.
		The males are in a strict dominance hierarchy based on age and size of horns.
	www.rossparkzoo.com /animals/mouflon.htm (592 words)

	Mouflon Sheep
		The mouflon sheep is the mountain sheep that develops a woolly undercoat in the winter.
		The mouflon sheep has been introduced into the mountains of Hungary,Austria and Czechoslovakia, and it was a successful experiment.
		The mouflon's habitat is in the mountains or grassy plains and its niche is to keep the grass from growing to high.
	lsb.syr.edu /projects/cyberzoo/mouflonsheep.html (304 words)

	Mouflon Sheep Hunting in the Texas Hill Country \| Von Netzer Ranch
		Though Mouflons can be hunted year round, the best time to hunt these majestic animals is from December through February because their colors are most impressive at that time.
		Guides are familiar with the Mouflons' habits at different times of the year and usually can get hunters a good shot.
		Though the state has no formal hunting season on Mouflons, a Texas state hunting license, either resident or nonresident, is required to hunt this or any exotic animal.
	www.mouflonhunting.com /faq.shtml (641 words)

	JNRANCH: Mouflon Sheep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The mouflon sheep is thought to be one of two ancestors of all modern sheep breeds.
		The mouflon is a medium-sized sheep, standing between two and four feet tall, and weighing about 120 lbs.
		The mouflon is red-brown with a light saddle patch and underparts and a dark dorsal stripe.
	www.jnranch.com /mouflan.htm (148 words)

	Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK
		Mouflon are herbivores and feed on grasses, heather and shrubs.
		After eating, the mouflon will lie down and regurgitate its food, chewing it a second time to soften it more (“chewing the cud”).
		They now have few natural predators but the mouflon is still a very shy animal and is capable of lying very still on the ground, resembling a boulder.
	www.highlandwildlifepark.org /mouflon.htm (502 words)

	Mouflon - Fauna ProvenceBeyond
		There are around 1200-1400 mouflon in the Haut Tinée zone of the central area of the park (near the commune of Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage).
		Because the mouflon has no natural enemy in this region except man, and even that threat is excluded in the park area, limited hunting is allowed to control the mouflon population.
		At the end of 1994, 70 mouflon were discovered dead of cold and hunger in the Tinée and Ubaye Valleys.
	www.beyond.fr /fauna/mouflon.html (132 words)

	Mouflon
		Mouflon Lambs at the Tongue River Farm: Icelandic Sheep with the grey mouflon as a single gene.
		Native to the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Cyprus, the mouflon is a small, wild breed of sheep having large curving horns in the male.
		GPS-collars on mouflon in Germany, 1996-2000: GPS collars on mouflon: utilization of space among European wild sheep in the Thueringen (1996-2001).
	specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/M/Mouflon.shtml (2210 words)

	Palila VII Summary
		The mouflon sheep are native to Corsica and Sardinia.
		In Palila I, the plaintiffs had excluded the mouflon sheep in their prayer for relief until more studies were performed to determine whether the presence of the mouflon sheep in the Palila critical habitat had any adverse effects on the Palila population.
		The court held that the maintained mouflon sheep population for sport-hunting purposes was harming the Palila in violation of the ESA.
	www.hawaii.edu /ohelo/digests/PalilaVIISummary.html (831 words)

	Welcome to the Mouflon
		As a result, the mouflon is exceptionally wary and keeps a low profile.
		The mouflon live in small populations in the mountains of Corsica, Sardinia and Cyprus.
		In their scrubby habitat, the mouflon is a grazer and browser.
	www.zoberan.com /fun/mouflon.html (415 words)

	CASCABEL PAINTED DESERT SHEEP
		Mouflon were bred to just about any other breed of sheep, but the most common was the Barbados-type, or as was mentioned earlier, Blackbelly.
		Note that he shows more Mouflon influence than Blackbelly as evidenced by light underpinnings and tail patch, and a hint of a saddle patch that is bordered by a diagonal fl streak seen on some Mouflons.
		Mouflon and the Mouflon-type sheep are usually the smallest with the rams ranging from 80-120 pounds.
	www.elcascabel.com /corbros.htm (2960 words)

	Texas Hunting Resource: Mouflon Sheep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A mouflon is about the size of a medium domestic sheep with a weight range of 55-120 pounds.
		Behavior: Mouflon Sheep have a social system that is based on a single, dominant leader.
		Current Status: The Mouflon is possibly an ancestor to all domestic sheep.
	www.texashuntfish.com /wildlife-resources/?article=mouflon (461 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Mouflon
		Mouflon, it is believed, are the ancestors of all modern domesticated sheep.
		Mouflon are generally brown in colouration, though the Asiatic mouflon tend to be redder in comparison.
		Aside from the Asiatic and European mouflon, there are lesser known species, such as the Cyprian mouflon, found only in the island of Cyprus, and the Armenian mouflon.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A268418 (343 words)

	Mouflon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mouflon is a species of wild sheep and as such is one of the Caprinae or "goat antelopes".
		It is thought to be one of the two ancestors for all modern domestic sheep breeds
		The scientific classification of the Mouflon is disputed
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mouflon (256 words)

	Le Mouflon (a Muvra) de Corse
		Le mouflon de Corse, espèce endémique de l'île, est menacé par le braconnage, les incendies ou les sports extrêmes: aidé par l'Europe, le parc naturel régional tente de sauvegarder cet animal "emblématique" de l'île face à ces agressions.
		Le mouflon de Corse proviendrait du retour à l'état sauvage de moutons rustiques du Proche Orient introduits en Méditerranée au néolithique.
		Le mouflon corse a beau être protégé depuis 1956 par un « Plan de chasse zéro », sa population ne progresse que très lentement.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /bludimare/lemouflon.htm (906 words)

	Mouflon - Fauna ProvenceBeyond
		There are around 1200-1400 mouflon in the Haut Tinée zone of the central area of the park (near the commune of Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage).
		Because the mouflon has no natural enemy in this region except man, and even that threat is excluded in the park area, limited hunting is allowed to control the mouflon population.
		At the end of 1994, 70 mouflon were discovered dead of cold and hunger in the Tinée and Ubaye Valleys.
	www.provencebeyond.com /fauna/mouflon.html (132 words)

	Color Genetics in Icelandic Sheep
		Mouflon- Because this pattern is the opposite or reverse of the badgerface pattern, it causes areas on the face, inner ears, chin under neck, belly, and under tail to be light tan or white.
		However this is a completely different gene from an animal that inherits the 2 separate pattern genes for gray and mouflon from its parents.
		The undercoat is white as in a gray and with the white mouflon markings.
	www.icelandicsheep.com /genetics.html (2333 words)

	Rare sheep cloned from dead donor: Science News Online, Oct. 20, 2001
		The unveiling of a mouflon sheep clone "is the first report of a dead cell used for cloning," says Pasqualino Loi of the University of Teramo in Italy.
		Herds of rare wild mouflon sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, are shrinking on their native Mediterranean islands of Sardinia, Corsica, and Cyprus.
		The scientists substituted nuclei from cells of the mouflon ewes for nuclei in egg cells from a domestic sheep.
	www.sciencenews.org /articles/20011020/note16.asp (280 words)

	Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure
		The Mouflon are thought to be the first sheep to have been domesticated.
		Mouflon are the smallest of the wild sheep.
		The Mouflon has a dark chestnut coat with a lighter saddle and a distinct rump patch.
	www.rollinghillswildlife.com /animals/m/mouflon (134 words)

	Mouflon Sheep
		The Mouflon is a species of wild sheep and as such is one of the Caprinae or "goat antelopes".
		They are now rare on the islands, but have been successfully introduced into central Europe, including Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania, even in some northern European countries, such as Finland.
		The scientific classification of the Mouflon is disputed
	www.highpark.org /Zoo/mouflon.htm (177 words)

	Mouflon sheep seen on Mt. Ağrı - Turkish Daily News Apr 06, 2005
		Thought to be the ancestors of domestic sheep, mouflon are generally found in the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica and parts of Europe.
		It is estimated that there are only 700 Mouflon sheep surviving in the wild, and in 1980 they were listed as endangered in Cyprus.
		The directorate's deputy director, Taner Tazegün, stated that a flock of 10 mouflon sheep had been observed while his staff was working on Ağrı, which was recently designated a national park.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=10011 (235 words)

	Mouflon Lambs at the Tongue River Farm
		This Grey mouflon single gene (GMsg A6) seems to be a rare pattern in Iceland where the emphasis in the recent past has been on breeding white sheep for the meat and the commercial wool market.
		The usual mouflon pattern on the legs was missing or greatly diffused (usual fl mouflons have clear brown or cream markings on the inside of their legs).
		The postscript to this story is that while experts in Iceland have determined that this pattern that Hnykill carries is not the rare Grey Mouflon single gene A6, "the Grouflon" patterned sheep are certainly very different than a regular mouflon when born.
	www.icelandicsheep.com /mouflon_lambs.htm (2615 words)

	Chasse du mouflon dans les Montagnes Rocheuses
		Obtenir le privilège de chasser le mouflon n'est donc pas facile, ni à la portée de chacun.
		Il est un fait que le mouflon est un peu devenu le summum de la carrière d'un chasseur de grand gibier.
		Le mouflon des Montagnes Rocheuses fut observé la première fois par des blancs en 1540.
	www.chassecanada.com /mouflon.html (377 words)

	Animals of the Ironage
		Sheep were probably the most useful, not just for the meat and milk, but fat for candles and lamps, bones for tools, and wool to make warm comfortable clothing, ideally suited to the British weather.
		The males of this breed are horned and the females may be either polled or horned.
		The fleece is remarkable fine and, in contrast to mouflon, the inner fleece is highly developed and it is difficult to distinguish a outer coat.
	www.gallica.co.uk /celts/animals.htm (1122 words)

	Mouflon - LoveToKnow 1911
		MOUFLON, or MUFLON, the wild sheep (Ovis musimon) of Corsica and Sardinia, where it is now very local.
		The ewes are either hornless or provided with quite small horns, the hornless form being probably characteristic of one island and the horned of the other.
		This page was last modified 01:46, 30 Aug 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Mouflon (103 words)

	Mouflon Hunt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Mouflon, also Moufflon, a small, wild sheep inhabiting the mountains of Sardina, Corsica, etc.
		Our Mouflon Package is three days and two nights.
		Rate: Mouflon Ram $1,500 for the trophy / $250 per day per hunter for accommodations / $150 per additional day.
	www.hunttheffr.com /mouflon.htm (79 words)

	ARS \| Publication request: PREVENTION OF MALIGNANT CATARRHAL FEVER (MCF) IN A MIXED SPECIES WILD ANIMAL GAME PARK BY ...
		Both the mouflon and axis deer, a species in which deaths were numerous, had been on the premise for 9 years.
		Subsequently MCF virus-free mouflon sheep were produced and reintroduced to the park.
		This is the first time that MCF virus-free mouflon sheep derived by early weaning from positive ewes have been reintroduced to a densely populated animal park with multiple susceptible species.
	www.ars.usda.gov /research/publications/Publications.htm?seq_no_115=197507 (698 words)

	Balades et randonnées Hérault en Haut-Languedoc : rencontrer le mouflon en Caroux-Espinouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rercherche et observation du mouflon remontant des gorges d'Héric sous les feux du crépuscule.
		mouflons rassurés ont continué leur chemin, passant à moins de 30 mètres de nous, s'arrêtant, repartant sans se presser.
		Jusqu'au terme de la randonnée, les mouflons nous accompagnèrent ainsi de leur présence fantasque, ajoutant au plaisir d'avancer dans la nuit presque noire.
	www.cheminer.com /nouveau_fichier10.html (844 words)

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