The Mouflon (Ovis gmelini) is a wild sheep native to Cyprus, and the Caspian region, including eastern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran. [1] . It is also found in parts of Europe. It is thought to be the ancestor of all modern domestic sheep breeds. [2][3]

European mouflon have a body length of up to 120 cm, a shoulder height of 90 cm, a weight of 25 to 40 kg for ewes, 35 to 55 kg for the ram. The European mouflon has a smooth hairy coat, the rams are fox red-brown in the summer, usually with a whitish saddle patch, the ewes are brownish. Both sexes are darker in winter.

mouflon, (Ovis aries), small feral sheep (family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla) of Corsica and Sardinia (O. a. musimon) and of Cyprus (O. a. ophion). The mouflon stands about 70 cm (28 inches) at the shoulder and is brown with white underparts.

The Mouflon, also known as urial, is a wild sheep found in many parts of the world and are widely regarded as the ancestor of modern-day domestic sheep, a process that started between 7000 – 11,000 years ago in the southwestern regions of Asia.

The Mouflon (Ovis musimon) is thought to be one of the two ancestors for all modern sheep breeds. It is reddish-brown with a dark back-stripe, light colored saddle patch and underparts. The males are horned and the females are horned or polled.

Learn about the Mouflon sheep breed - a horned breed of sheep which is valued by taxidermists & exotic game hunters around the world.

During winter they migrate to lower altitudes to avoid the very low temperatures and scarcity of food. Mouflons prefer open rough terrain at medium or high altitudes, where they inhabit rocky hill country, lowland and highland shrubland, rocky semi-deserts, grass-covered slopes, and alpine meadows. They may also occur in agricultural areas.

n. pl. mouflon or mou·flons also moufflon or mouf·flons A small wild sheep (Ovis orientalis syn. O. gmelini) native to southwestern Asia and islands of the Mediterranean, having a brown coat and, in the male, a white patch on the back and curved horns.

The European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon ) is a feral subspecies of the primitive domestic sheep. It was originally found only on the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia, but has since been introduced into many other regions of Europe.

The meaning of MOUFLON is either of two wild sheep (Ovis gmelini and O. aries musimon) of the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica and western Asia that have large curling horns in the males and are sometimes included in a single species.