Ovis aries musimon https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Muffelwild12.4.2008_007.jpg/640px-Muffelwild12.4.2008_007.jpg WIKIPEDIA:Ovis_aries_orientalis Ovis aries orientalis Gmelin, 1774 MSW3:14200833 Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 The mouflon (*Ovis aries orientalis* group) is a subspecies group of the wild sheep *Ovis aries*. Populations of *Ovis aries* can be partitioned into the mouflons (*orientalis* group) and urials or arkars (*vignei* group). The mouflon is thought to be one of the two ancestors for all modern domestic sheep breeds. moufflon mouflon mouflon ovis aries orientalis Ovis aries ready for release