 the mouflon (ovis orientalis orientalis group) is a subspecies group of the wild sheep (ovis orientalis). populations of o. orientalis can be partitioned into the mouflons (orientalis group) and the urials (vignei group). the mouflon is thought to be one of the two ancestors for all modern domestic sheep breeds. ==description== thumb|a european mouflon male in the german forest mouflon have red-brown, short-haired coats with dark back-stripes and light-colored saddle patches. the males are horned; some females are horned, while others are polled. the horns of mature rams are curved in almost one full revolution (up to 85&nbsp;cm). mouflon have shoulder heights of about 0.9 m and body weights of 50&nbsp;kg (males) and 35&nbsp;kg (females). ==range== thumb|mouflon ram today, mouflon inhabit the caucasus, northern and eastern iraq, and northwestern iran. the range originally stretched further to [[an
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