Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Artiodactyla > Family: Bovidae > Genus: Ammotragus > Species: Ammotragus lervia

Barbary sheep - Ammotragus lervia (Pallas, 1777)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Not evaluated (IUCN)
Protected by	4 international agreements
Most preferred habitats	grassland sparsely vegetated land
May also occur in	heathland and shrub

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Vulnerable

Europe

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement.		http://www.cms.int/
	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement.	Synonym for this species is listed in Appendix II of the Bonn Convention (CMS). See there for more details.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	Annex II: (a) all species which, although not necessarily now threatened with extinction, may become so unless trade in specimens of such species is subject to strict regulation in order to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival; and (b) other species which must be subject to regulation in order that trade in specimens of certain species referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph may be brought under effective control.		http://www.cites.org/eng
	Annex II: (a) all species which, although not necessarily now threatened with extinction, may become so unless trade in specimens of such species is subject to strict regulation in order to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival; and (b) other species which must be subject to regulation in order that trade in specimens of certain species referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph may be brought under effective control.	Synonym for this species is listed in CITES. See there for more details.

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Algerianvuorikauris	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ammotrago	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Arruí	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Arui	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Barbary sheep	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Berberinis avinas	Lithuanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Grivasta ovca	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hærusauður	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lakklammas	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mähnenschaf	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Manenschaap	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Manfår	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mankesau	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mouflon à manchettes	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ovca hrivnatá	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Pecora crinita	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sörényes juh	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Antilope lervia	Pallas, 1777
Ovis tragelaphus	Afzelius, 1815
Ovis ornata	Geoffroy, 1827
Ammotragus lervia ornatus	Geoffroy, 1827
Ammotragus lervia sahariensis	(Rothschild, 1913)
Ovis lervia sahariensis	Rothschild, 1913
Ammotragus lervia fassini	Lepri, 1930
Capra lervia angusi	(Rothschild, 1921)
Capra lervia blanei	(Rothschild, 1921)
Capra lervia	(Pallas, 1777)
Capra lervia fassini	Lepri, 1930
Capra lervia sahariensis	(Rothschild, 1913)

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Ammotragus lervia	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Species+	Species+ by UNEP-WCMC
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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