Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Artiodactyla > Family: Bovidae > Genus: Ovis > Species: Ovis ammon > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Ovis ammon nigrimontana

Mouflon - Ovis ammon (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Threat status Europe	Not evaluated (IUCN)
Protected by	2 international agreements

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

Near Threatened

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 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.	(Some subspecies are included in Appendix I)	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
Dash i eger	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Delja e eger	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kalnu auns	Latvian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mägilammas	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Moeflon	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mouflon	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mouflon méditerranéen	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mufflon	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mufflon	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mufflon	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mufflon	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Muflão	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Muflon	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Muflon	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Muflon	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Múflon	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Muflon	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Muflon	Romanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Muflon	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Muflón	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Muflón hôrný	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Muflonas	Lithuanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Muflone	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mufloni	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Muflons	Latvian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Schof	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Uluklammas	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Yaban koyunu	Turkish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Capra ammon	Linnaeus, 1758

Other resources

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

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