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SPECIES OF MAMMAL
Ammotragus lervia; Aoudad; Ammotragus; Udad; Ovis lervia; African aouodad sheep; African aoudad sheep; Aoudad sheep; African Aoudad sheep; African Aoudad Sheep; African aoudad Sheep; Ammotragus lervia ornata; Egyptian Barbary sheep; Ammotragus lervia ornatus; Ammotragus lervia angusi; Ammotragus lervia blainei; Ammotragus lervia lervia; Ammotragus lervia fassini; Ammotragus lervia sahariensis; Barbary Sheep; Arruis; Egyptian Barbary Sheep; Egyptian Barbary
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Barbary sheep         
¦ noun a short-coated sheep with a long neck ruff, found in the high deserts of northern Africa. [Ammotragus lervia.]
Aoudad         
·noun An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.
aoudad         
['?:?dad]
¦ noun another term for Barbary sheep.
Origin
C19: from Fr., from Berber udad.

Wikipedia

Barbary sheep

The Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), also known as aoudad (pronounced [ˈɑʊdæd]) is a species of caprine native to rocky mountains in North Africa. While this is the only species in genus Ammotragus, six subspecies have been described. Although it is rare in its native North Africa, it has been introduced to North America, southern Europe, and elsewhere. It is also known in the Berber language as waddan or arwi, and in former French territories as the moufflon.

Examples of use of Barbary sheep
1. Warren also said urgent action was need to protect wildlife, noting that the increasing wealth in Arab lands has led to convoys of hunters sweeping through the arid landscapes of Arabia, Kazakhstan and Sudan in search of prey, "shooting what they can or running it down in jeeps". Several species of gazelle, Barbary sheep and the falconer‘s favourite prey, the Houbara, are among the species considered under threat, Warren said.