Anatolian mouflon

Anatolian mouflon (Ovis gmelini anatolica) is a critically endangered species, which is endemic to Anatolia. It's population is divided into two districts; Konya - Bozdag and Ankara - Nallihan. Anatolian mouflon went extinct from Nallihan region in 1964 and it was re-introduced in 2006 with individuals brought from Bozdag region. Now there is a breeding population of around 120 individuals in Nallihan region and the numbers are rising slowly. The rise is slow because there are wolves in the area and the lambs are easy prey.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Beautiful photo, and very well shared. I'm hoping you'll continue sharing Turkish wildlife, it's very interesting. Posted 10 years ago
1. burak_dogansoysal
  
  Giant Tortoise
  
  Thank you. End of this month, I am starting an 8 month project for the national parks and hopefully will have lots of interesting photos. In the meantime, I will try to post more from Turkey. Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    That's interesting, care to share some more details on the project? Posted 10 years ago

The Asian Mouflon

The mouflon is a subspecies group of the wild sheep. Populations of ''O. orientalis'' can be partitioned into the mouflons and the urials. The mouflon is thought to be one of the two ancestors for all modern domestic sheep breeds.

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Similar species: Even-toed Ungulates

Species identified by burak_dogansoysal