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Sheep - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article (186 words)
A Sheep is a mammal, one of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds in the genus Ovis. A male sheep is a ram, a female a ewe, and a young sheep a lamb. Sheep are usually stockier than their goat relatives, and some have horns which are more more divergent than those of goats.
Domestic sheep - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2062 words)
Sheep breeders refer to female sheep as ewes, intact males as rams, castrated males as wethers, yearlings as hoggets, and younger sheep as lambs. Sheep are often associated with obedience due to the widespread perception that sheep lack intelligence and their undoubted herd mentality. Domestic sheep are descended from the mouflon that is found from the mountains of Turkey to southern Iran.
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