Four-horned sheep (SciiFii)

The four-horned sheep (Quadrocerabos olympius) is a species of wild sheep that originally did not exist, but has since been created by SciiFii and introduced throughout the cold and cool forests, open woodlands, grasslands, and shrublands across North America to help boost biodiversity. The four-horned sheep is a rather large sheep, growing to be about the size of the medium-sized miniature horse. The four-horned sheep is most social of the wild sheep, living in massive herds ranging from around 150 to 800 individuals at a time, having a similar lifestyle to those of the blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus). As its name suggests, the four-horned sheep is the only living species of wild sheep with four large horns, which are used for combat and defense purposes. The vegetation preferred by the species varies based on elevation and area. In higher elevations, they predominantly eat grasses, sedges, forbs, and shrubs. Four-horned sheep rams have a strict dominance hierarchy. Before mating season or "rut", which is from late autumn to early winter, rams try to create a dominance hierarchy to determine access to ewes (female woolly sheep) for mating. Four-horned sheep rams fight one another to obtain dominance and win an opportunity to mate with females. Four-horned sheep reach sexual maturity at the age of 2 to 4 years. Young rams need to obtain dominance before they get a chance to mate, which takes another 3 years for them to start mating. Four-horned sheep ewes also go through a similar hierarchy process in terms of social status in the first 2 years, but can breed even at low status. Pregnancy in females lasts 5 months, in which they produce one to two offspring. The conservation status of the four-horned sheep is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the four-horned sheep's wide range and its tolerance to many of the human activities.
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