And he had got back the wild moufflon, which had run away when he was attacked. From Wordnik.com. [Grazia Deledda: Voice of Sardinia] 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
Deledda thought that the best Christmas gift she ever got was a moufflon, the shorthaired grayish-brown or russet wild sheep native to Sardinia and Corsica. From Wordnik.com. [Grazia Deledda: Voice of Sardinia] Reference
Stories about the ouadad or moufflon may be disregarded, for this animal is only found in the passes of the Atlas Mountains, miles beyond the forest's boundaries. From Wordnik.com. [Morocco] Reference
The island is home to a number of mammals such as the Cyprus moufflon (Ovis orientalis ophion), which is a rare type of wild sheep found only on the island of Cyprus. From Wordnik.com. [Cyprus Mediterranean forests] Reference
One would like to know whether there was any connection between the frequent representations of moufflon and ibex on the one hand and of female figurines on the other. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
However, moufflon overgraze the higher parts of the massif where the flora is poor, leading to the decline of high altitude plant species and an increase in inedible species. From Wordnik.com. [Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands] Reference
The fauna of Shikahogh has not been explored completely but studies have already revealed rare species of animals such as leopards, bezoar, moufflon, bear, snowcock and vipers among others. From Wordnik.com. [An Armenian Blog About Life in Armenia] Reference
The heath sheep -- the little, contented, weather-hardened grazing sheep of the Lüneburg and other heaths -- belong to one of the oldest species, and their tails are as short and their horns as dark as those of the moufflon. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898] Reference
It is fourfold the weight of the Mediterranean moufflon. From Wordnik.com. [The Big-Horn Sheep] Reference
"I have been off on a ten-days 'leave to Corsica for moufflon-shooting," replied Mr. Worthington. From Wordnik.com. [What Katy Did Next] Reference
"There were also problems for the moufflon, so we placed some watering-troughs in the Paphos range.". From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
Cheek-plaques in the form of a moufflon passant represented in profile and treated in the flat except for the frontal head with its developed horns. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform]] Reference
Large tracts were preserved for him for ibex and moufflon on the mountains, and antelope on the plains, and the hawking of duck or partridge on by-days. From Wordnik.com. [Persia Revisited] Reference
She was nine when she received the moufflon. From Wordnik.com. [Grazia Deledda: Voice of Sardinia] Reference
Satta appeared with the moufflon in his arms. From Wordnik.com. [Grazia Deledda: Voice of Sardinia] Reference
The pig and the wild boar, the long-eared hare, the hedgehog, the ichneumon, the moufflon, or maned sheep, innumerable gazelles, including the Egyptian gazelles, and antelopes with lyre-shaped horns, are as much West Asian as African, like the carnivors of all sizes, whose prey they are -- the wild cat, the wolf, the jackal, the striped and spotted hyenas, the leopard, the panther, the hunting leopard, and the lion. From Wordnik.com. [History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12)] Reference
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