Domestic Sheep Skull Replica
$182.00
The Domestic Sheep has been a stable food source for human populations for nearly 7000 years. Humans also make use of their milk and wool.
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Description
Domestic Sheep Skull Replica measures 9.1 in. Domestic Sheep Skull Replica is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in the USA.
Sheep or Ovis aries are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like most ruminants, domestic sheep or Ovis aries are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name sheep applies to many species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to Ovis aries.
Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep or Ovis aries are also the most numerous species of sheep. An adult female is referred to as a Ewe, an intact male as a Ram, occasionally a Tup, a castrated male as a Wether, and a young sheep is a Lamb.
Domestic sheep or Ovis aries are relatively small ruminants, usually with a crimped hair called wool and often with horns forming a lateral spiral.
Domestic sheep or Ovis aries differ from their wild relatives and ancestors in several respects, having become uniquely neotenic as a result of selective breeding by humans.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Artiodactyla
- Family: Bovidae
- Subfamily: Caprinae
- Genus: Ovis
- Species: O. aries
- Binomial name: Ovis aries
- Conservation status: Least concerned
Additional information
| Weight | 7 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 9.1 in |