Ovis Linnaeus, 1758
(sheep)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Ovis aries Sheep (Domestic and Feral), Feral Sheep					Species	3 subtaxa	22 images	3 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Ovis (sheep)
Family	BOVIDAE (cattle)
Order	ARTIODACTYLA (even-toed ungulates)
Class	MAMMALIA (mammals)
Superclass	TETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
Phylum	CHORDATA (vertebrates)
Superphylum	DEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ovis is also a member of:
Herbivores - mammalian herbivores (via Artiodactyla)
Large Herbivores - cattle, deer, pigs and horses (via Artiodactyla)

Ovis (sheep) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAMMALIA
(mammals)

CHORDATA
(vertebrates)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ovis (sheep)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 114 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ovis (sheep)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Ovis is also a member of:

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