Ovis aries

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Artiodactyla • Subordo: Ruminantia • Familia: Bovidae • Subfamilia: Caprinae • Genus: Ovis • Species: Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758

Vernacular names

English: Domestic sheep · Deutsch: Hausschaf · Español: oveja · Français: Mouton · Italiano: pecora · Lietuvių: Avis · Nederlands: Schaap · Polski: Owca_domowa · Português: ovelha · Simple English: Domestic sheep ·

A sheep is a farm animal which produces wool, milk and meat.

Photographs [edit]

Sheep [edit]

Sheep at St Abbs Head, Scotland.
Champion Merino ram at 1905 Sydney Sheep Show
Norwegian Dalasau (Dala-sheep)
Norwegian Dalasau (Dala-sheep)
Icelandic Sheep
Sheep in Hvalba
Sheeps in Suðuroy
Sheep in Beskidy
Ovis orientalis aries 'Skudde'
Ovis orientalis aries 'Skudde'
Sheep
Herde Waldschafe Deutschland
Three sheep hiding behind a rock in the south of Norway
Sheep in the Toscana
Flock of Lacaune sheep in Massif central, France.
Sheep, De Zilk, Netherlands
Hjerl Hede, Denmark
A horned sheep in the Yorkshire Dales
Flock of sheep
Mob of sheep, South Island, NZ
Merino sheep
Coburger Fuchsschaf - Old german sheep race
Sheep in France
Flock of Basco-béarnaise sheep in the Pyrenees, France
Heidschnuckenherde auf der Heide bei Schneverdingen (Niedersachsen, Deutschland)
A very cute sheep near Woodhenge England
Lambs and sheep, Close to Wesselburen, Dithmarschen
Two sheep in Santiago, Chile.
The village Porkeri in the Faroe Islands, ram market
A sheep at the Salon de l'agriculture (Salon of agriculture) in Paris, France.
Sheep in containment.
Lleyn sheep.
Gotland Pelt Sheep
Ovejas pastando
Three sheep in Halmstad, Sweden.
Corriedale lambs in Tierra del Fuego
Shaved sheepherd Torres del Paine NP
Black sheep on white sheep
Danish landrace sheep, klitfår
Sheeps on Puchaczówka Pass in Śnieżnik Mountains (Sudeten, Poland)
Flock of sheep moving through Cologne streets on a holiday morning
Sheep in Valle Seriana, near Bergamo, Italy
Freilaufendes Schaf,in Norwegen
Sheep on Rodrigues island
Skudden in Tiergarten Weilburg
Sheep, Belgium
Sheep, Germany
St. Croix sheep
Hungarian racka sheep
Hungarian racka sheep, front view
Fuchsschaf, Germany
Sheep in Carinthia, Austria
Terschellinger, stereo photo

Lambs [edit]

Lamb
a lamb
Lambs
Lamb
Lamb
Lamb in the grass
Lamb
Lämmer beim Säugen
black Karakul lamb (Persian lamb, Swakara) from Namibia
white Karakul lamb (Persian lamb, Swakara) from Namibia
black Karakul lamb (Persian lamb, Swakara) from Namibia
Lamb in Faroe Islands

Shearing, Schur [edit]

Branding sheep after shearing
Sheep by Torres del Paine

Mutton, Fleischteile [edit]

Liver of a sheep
Schafhälfte
Stomach of sheep

Paintings [edit]

See also categories: Paintings of sheep and Sheep in art

Richard Ansdell: A Ewe with Lambs and A Heron Beside A Loch

Engravings [edit]

A ram by Jost Amman, 1569
The Ram, Faroese stamp from 1979, engraved by Czesław Słania, is showing the heraldic animal of the Faroe Islands. It is Slania's masterpiece for the "Sheep Islands" and considered as the most famous Faroese stamp.