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Ovis aries (domestic sheep)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Ovis aries was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Ovis.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Ovis aries Linnaeus p. 70
1758Ovis guineensis Linnaeus p. 71
1758Ovis strepsiceros Linnaeus p. 71
1902Ovis aries Hay p. 687
1911Ovis aries Thomas p. 153
1999Ovis aries Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2008Ovis aries Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeCaprini
genusOvis
speciesaries

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758 [domestic sheep]
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Invalid names: Ovis guineensis Linnaeus 1758 [synonym], Ovis strepsiceros Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available