It may be hard to believe but there are more than 300 different breeds of goats. They are one of the oldest known domesticated animals. The breeds are usually classified into groups of what they are most used for: fiber, meat, skin, dairy, pack goats, or companions. Three popular breeds are Nubian, alpines, and angora.
A ram is a male sheep of any species. All Bighorn sheep have horns , male and female. The rams just have larger horns.
Species is already plural. It is used to describe one or a group of. Just like the word "sheep". For example "there is one species left" and "there are lots of species of birds.
Sheep have a bicornuate uterus, which means it has two distinct horns. This structure allows for multiple pregnancies and is common in many ruminant species like sheep.
um, no. There are Shepherds that shepherd Sheep around.... Now Im not really sure about the goats but sheep are sheep in the Bible... :)
The first human species to make clothing out of woven wool from sheep were ancient civilizations in the Near East, particularly in Mesopotamia and Anatolia around 4000-3000 BCE. They began domesticating sheep for their wool and used it to create woven textiles for clothing.
Domestic sheep are Ovis aries.
No, species can not impregnate different species.
None they are an introduced species
No. Cattle and sheep are two different species.
Sheep are not native to Australia - they are an introduced species.
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Sheep is the species - there are over 900 breeds of sheep. The scientific name for domesticated sheep is ovis aries, but they mainly just go by ovine.
The answer to the analogy "ewe is to sheep as doe is to" is "deer." A ewe is a female sheep, just as a doe is a female deer. Both pairs represent the female of a species in relation to the general term for that species.
A ram is a male sheep of any species. All Bighorn sheep have horns , male and female. The rams just have larger horns.
Not as a species, but a couple of races are in trouble. See IUCN Redlist.
The homophones for 'you' are ewe, a female sheep, and yew, a species of tree.
cow, dog, pig, sheep