#0123 · 🦊 mammals

Aoudad

🇳🇱 Manenschaap ·Ammotragus lervia

VUvulnerable 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The Barbary sheep ( Ammotragus lervia ) or aoudad is a species of caprid native to rocky mountains in North Africa. Six subspecies have been described. Although it is rare in its native North Africa, it has been introduced to North America, southern Europe, and elsewhere. It is also known in the Berber language as awdad , waddan , arwi , and arrwis .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,460iNaturalist observations
weight 4.5 kgadult, up to
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,460 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 4.5 kg.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1777 (249 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.