European mouflon
Amazing fact
Mouflons are said to descend from livestock that people brought to islands and that later became wild.
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Mouflons are said to descend from livestock that people brought to islands and that later became wild.
THE REAL WORLD
The real European mouflon
- Scientific name
- Ovis aries musimon
- Japanese name
- ムフロン
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Bovidae
- Genus
- Ovis
The mouflon is thought to descend from early domestic sheep that were taken to these islands long ago and later became wild; scientifically it is treated as a subspecies of the sheep.
Males have large, curved horns, and the coat color is clearly different in summer and winter.
Males and females usually live in separate herds, and in the breeding season the males clash horns with each other.
How the European mouflon lives
It lives in mountainous terrain. It eats grass and tree leaves.
多摩動物公園Basic data
- Size
- Head and body length: 100–120 cmShoulder height: 60–70 cm
- Weight
- 30–50 kg
- Diet
- Grass and leaves
Where the European mouflon has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ムフロン
- 简体中文
- 欧洲摩弗伦羊
- 繁體中文
- 歐洲摩弗倫羊
- Español
- Muflón europeo
- Français
- Mouflon corse
- Deutsch
- Europäischer Mufflon
- Português (Brasil)
- Ovis orientalis musimon
- Italiano
- Muflone europeo
- العربية
- أروية كورسيكا
- Tiếng Việt
- Ovis orientalis musimon
- Русский
- Европейский муфлон
- ไทย
- แกะยุโรป
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 多摩動物公園 — ムフロンChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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Places that keep or show the European mouflon
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
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Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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