Ammotragus lervia

Assessment information
CMS InstrumentsCMS, Sahelo-Saharan Megafauna Initiative (2020)
IUCN StatusVulnerable
Date of entry in Appendix II2009
Geographic range
Countries Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia

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Common names
EnglishBarbary Sheep
FrenchMouflon À Manchettes
SpanishMuflón de berbería
GermanBerberschaf
Taxonomy
ClassMammalia
OrderArtiodactyla
FamilyBovidae
Scientific name Ammotragus lervia
AuthorPallas 1777
Standard referenceWilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. Eds., 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. John Hopkins University Press

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