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{{Taxonomy|image = Sheep.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Artiodactyla|suborder = Ruminantia |family = Bovidae|subfamily = Caprinae|genus = Ovis|species = O. aries (Domestic sheep)<br>O. canadensis (Bighorn sheep)<br>O. dalli (Dall Sheep)<br>O. musimon or<br>O. ammon musimon (European Mouflon)<br>O. nivicola (Snow sheep)<br>O. orientalis (Asiatic Mouflon)<br>O. vignei (Urial)<br>O. ammon (Argali) }}
 
{{Taxonomy|image = Sheep.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Artiodactyla|suborder = Ruminantia |family = Bovidae|subfamily = Caprinae|genus = Ovis|species = O. aries (Domestic sheep)<br>O. canadensis (Bighorn sheep)<br>O. dalli (Dall Sheep)<br>O. musimon or<br>O. ammon musimon (European Mouflon)<br>O. nivicola (Snow sheep)<br>O. orientalis (Asiatic Mouflon)<br>O. vignei (Urial)<br>O. ammon (Argali) }}
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'''Sheep''' are woolly herbivorous [[ungulate]]s, that are farmed in many places for their [[wool]], their fleeces, their [[mutton|meat]] and sometimes their milk. Male sheep are called rams or tups, female sheep are ewes, baby sheep are lambs.
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'''Sheep''' are woolly herbivorous [[ungulate]]s, that are farmed in many places for their [[wool]], their fleeces, their [[mutton|meat]] and sometimes their milk. Male sheep are called rams or tups - unless castrated in which case they are called wethers.  Female sheep are ewes.  Juvenile sheep are lambs.
    
While traditionally thought to be of limited intelligence there are wild (as yet unproven) stories of sheep being able to navigating obstacles designed to hinder their movements.
 
While traditionally thought to be of limited intelligence there are wild (as yet unproven) stories of sheep being able to navigating obstacles designed to hinder their movements.
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</blockquote>[http://www.igreetyou.com/ShepherdLamb1.html]
 
</blockquote>[http://www.igreetyou.com/ShepherdLamb1.html]
 
[[Jesus]] is sometimes likened to a lamb, as lambs were often used for sacrifices
 
[[Jesus]] is sometimes likened to a lamb, as lambs were often used for sacrifices
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A ram stuck in a thicket was a substitute sacrifice for [[Isaac]] in [[Genesis]]
    
==Old and New Worlds==
 
==Old and New Worlds==
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