Barbary sheep

NOUN
  1. wild sheep of northern Africa

How To Use Barbary sheep In A Sentence

  • I tried to track this down on the Internet and all references included Rep. An aoudad, which is a type of barbary sheep native to Africa, was a recent visitor at Kreative Learning Preschool. The Delphos Herald
  • Also known as Barbary sheep because they are native to the mountainous region of the Barbary Coast in North Africa, aoudads can clear a six-and-a-half-foot barrier from a standing start.
  • Also known as Barbary sheep, aoudads are horned sheep that exist primarily in the mountains of Africa.
  • Magin estimated that there were in the reserve approximately 12,000 dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas (V), 170 dama gazelle Gazella dama (E), and 3,500 Barbary sheep, (aoudad) Ammotragus lervia, some 70% of the Barbary sheep population of Niger. Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger
  • I became interested in exotic animals - things such as orangutans and Barbary sheep, or aoudads.
  • A lone cheetah, a lone tiger and an African lion and a couple of lionesses are no more exciting than small herds of kangaroo, deer, giraffe or Barbary sheep.
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