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Definition of Ovis musimon
1. Noun. Wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia.
Group relationships: Genus Ovis, Ovis
Generic synonyms: Mountain Sheep
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovis Musimon
Literary usage of Ovis musimon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1905)
"... and Ovis musimon, which last certainly during the Pleistocene was already an
inhabitant of Sardinia, and most probably also of Corsica. ..."
2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1886)
"... between a male Ovis Aries and a female Ovis musimon; in 1871 two hybrids
between Ovis musimon, the Corsican Moufflon, and our Indian Ovis ..."
3. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1901)
"I here wish to state, from my own knowledge, that Ovis musimon crosses readily
with domestic sheep, and that such crosses again breed ..."
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