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Aoudad

Ammotragus lervia

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

I used to not believe these existed since I could never find them, but they exist to me now :) They are brown all over with large, curved horns.

Habitat:

It is native to North Africa where it is considered vulnerable, but it has been introduced to the Guadalupe Mountains, and in Texas, California, and New Mexico in North America.

Notes:

These 3 were in Palo Duro Canyon State Park. On the way down the hill into the canyon, I saw them running across a flat part towards the road, so I got my camera ready for when they did cross the road. Glad I saw them ahead of time because they never stopped running, then disappeared after the road! Also called Barbary Sheep.

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Barbary sheep

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Comments (9)
AshleyT
Thanks Cody, Antonio, Emily, and Leuba! I've been trying to find these guys for four years now, finally got lucky :)
Leuba Ridgway
Great spotting Ashley - lovely animals ! I love the light in your photos.
EmilyMarino
Such a cool series! Love the story along with it too!
AntónioGinjaGinja
Great capture Asheley,very good series,congrats and thanks for sharing
Cody.conway
Really great, I saw plenty of their tracks up in the plateaus in the state park, and a fellow hiker pointed to where he had just seen a herd of them. I hiked to the canyon he spotted them in and found extremely fresh tracks but no aoudad. . .
AshleyT
Thanks Maria, Rieko, and Karen :)

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PublishedMarch 1, 2013

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