Aoudad ( '' Ammotragus lervia '') (Photograph by Anne Carney). From Wordnik.com. [West Saharan montane xeric woodlands] Reference
The ecology of the aoudad (Ammotragus lervia) in the Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve 1988-1990. From Wordnik.com. [Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger] Reference
Small populations of the Barbary sheep or aoudad (Ammotragus lervia, VU) may exist on scattered rocky outcrops. From Wordnik.com. [South Saharan steppe and woodlands] Reference
Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus VU) and Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia VU) may be found in this ecoregion as well. From Wordnik.com. [Mediterranean woodlands and forests] Reference
There are two non-native introductions or escapees, Rocky Mountain elk Cervus elaphus and Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia. From Wordnik.com. [Carlsbad Caverns National Park, United States] Reference
There are still populations of the Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia, VU), which is threatened by habitat destruction and poaching. From Wordnik.com. [Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe] Reference
Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas) and moufflon (Ammotragus lervia) were recently documented in the Jebel Uweinat portion of the ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands] Reference
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus, VU), Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia, VU), and caracal (Felis caracal), species more closely associated with arid climates, also exist here. From Wordnik.com. [West Saharan montane xeric woodlands] Reference
The most recent study of the fauna of the Jebel Uweinat is that of Leonard, who studied the effects of grazing by Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorca) and Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) on the vegetation of the area. From Wordnik.com. [Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands] Reference
Magin estimated that there were in the reserve approximately 12,000 dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas (V), 170 dama gazelle Gazella dama (E), and 3,500 Barbary sheep, (aoudad) Ammotragus lervia, some 70% of the Barbary sheep population of Niger. From Wordnik.com. [Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger] Reference
These include ruffled mouflon or Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia (I), once thought extinct in the area, caracal Felis caracal, cheetah Acinonyx jubatus (V) and dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas (V), reed cat Felis chaus and sand cat F. margarita. From Wordnik.com. [Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria] Reference
Two rare predatory species in this ecoregion are the caracal (Felis caracal) and the African wildcat (Felis libyca) while two species of gazelles, dorcas and Cuvier’s (Gazella dorcas, Gazella dorcas, VU and Gazella cuvieri, EN), and the Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia, VU) are under threat of extinction in this ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets] Reference
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