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title: "Aoudad"
description: "Ammotragus lervia — Mammiferi. The Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), also known as aoudad (pronounced [ˈɑʊdæd]), is a species of caprine native to rocky mountains in North Africa and parts of West Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/aoudad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Aoudad

> Ammotragus lervia — Mammiferi. The Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), also known as aoudad (pronounced [ˈɑʊdæd]), is a species of caprine native to rocky mountains in North Africa and parts of West Africa.

- Scientific name: *Ammotragus lervia*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 2412
- Wikidata: [Q322141](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322141)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42422](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42422)

## Names

- en: Aoudad
- de: Mähnenspringer
- es: Borrego Aoudad
- fr: Mouflon à manchettes
- nl: Manenschaap
- pl: Owca grzywiasta

## Countries with the most observations

US (1436), ES (126), MX (99), MA (47), DZ (18), FR (11), AE (8), TD (7), ZA (7), TN (4), HR (3)

## Summary

The Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), also known as aoudad (pronounced [ˈɑʊdæd]), is a species of caprine native to rocky mountains in North Africa and parts of West 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 Berber languages as waddan or arwi, and in former French territories as the mouflon.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_sheep

## Photo

![Aoudad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/aoudad/medium.jpg)

Photo: Craig Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201205096

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/aoudad?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).