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Ovis aries

domesticated ruminant bred for meat, wool, and milk
Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Artiodactyla • Subordo: Ruminantia • Familia: Bovidae • Subfamilia: Caprinae • Genus: Ovis • Species: Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758

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A sheep (Ovis aries) is a farm and mountain-dwelling animal typically kept as livestock to produce wool, milk and meat. 🐏

Photographs

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Sheep

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    A black sheep in Ukraine.
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    A white sheet in the Netherlands.
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    White sheep in Patagonia, Argentina.
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    Sheep in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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    Sheep at St Abbs Head, Scotland.
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    Champion Merino ram in Sydney, Australia, 1905.
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    Dalasau sheep in Norway.
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    Dalasau sheep in Norway.
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    Sheep in Switzerland.
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    Sheep in Armenia.
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    Sheep in Iceland.
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    Sheep in Hvalba.
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    Sheeps in Suðuroy.
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    Sheep in Beskidy, near the Carpathian Mountains.
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    Skuddle sheep in Germany.
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    Skuddle sheep in Germany.
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    Sheep in Nunspeet, the Netherlands.
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    Herde Waldschafe Deutschland
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    Three sheep hiding behind a rock in the south of Norway
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    Sheep in the Toscana
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    Flock of Lacaune sheep in Massif central, France.
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    Sheep, De Zilk, Netherlands
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    Hjerl Hede, Denmark
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    A horned sheep in the Yorkshire Dales
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    Flock of sheep in Idaho, United States
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    Mob of sheep, South Island, NZ
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    Merino sheep in Paris, France
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    Coburger Fuchsschaf - Old German sheep race
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    Sheep in France
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    Flock of Basco-béarnaise sheep in the Pyrenees, France
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    Heidschnuckenherde auf der Heide bei Schneverdingen (Niedersachsen, Deutschland)
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    A very cute sheep near Woodhenge England
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    Lambs and sheep, Close to Wesselburen, Dithmarschen
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    Two sheep in Santiago, Chile.
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    The village Porkeri in the Faroe Islands, ram market
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    A sheep at the Salon de l'agriculture (Salon of agriculture) in Paris, France.
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    Sheep in containment.
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    Lleyn sheep.
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    Gotland Pelt Sheep
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    Ovejas pastando
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    Three sheep in Halmstad, Sweden.
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    Corriedale lambs in Tierra del Fuego
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    Shaved sheepherd Torres del Paine NP
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    Black sheep on white sheep
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    Danish landrace sheep, klitfår
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    Sheeps on Puchaczówka Pass in Śnieżnik Mountains (Sudeten, Poland)
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    Flock of sheep moving through Cologne streets on a holiday morning
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    Sheep in Valle Seriana, near Bergamo, Italy
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    Freilaufendes Schaf,in Norwegen
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    Sheep on Rodrigues island
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    Skudden in Tiergarten Weilburg
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    Sheep, Belgium
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    Sheep, Germany
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    St. Croix sheep
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    Hungarian racka sheep
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    Hungarian racka sheep, front view
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    Fuchsschaf, Germany
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    Sheep in Carinthia, Austria
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    Terschellinger, stereo photo
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    Sheep carcass
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    A Lika sheep, near Croatia's Lika region

Lambs

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    A lamb in Turkey
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    A lamb in France
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    A group of lambs in Austria
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    A group of lambs in Austria
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    Lambs
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    Lamb in the grass
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    Lamb
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    Lämmer beim Säugen
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    black Karakul lamb (Persian lamb, Swakara) from Namibia
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    white Karakul lamb (Persian lamb, Swakara) from Namibia
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    black Karakul lamb (Persian lamb, Swakara) from Namibia
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    Lamb in Faroe Islands
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Shearing, Schur

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    Branding sheep after shearing
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    Sheep by Torres del Paine

Mutton, Fleischteile

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    Liver of a sheep
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    Schafhälfte
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    Stomach of sheep

Paintings

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Main categories: Paintings of sheep and Sheep in art
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    Richard Ansdell: A Ewe with Lambs and A Heron Beside A Loch

Engravings

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Linocuts

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Heraldry

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    Veðrur - Ram "Skjaldarmerki Føroya" - Coat of Arms of the Faroe Islands

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