Animal Description:

The Barbary sheep, also known as aoudad, is a species of caprine native to rocky mountains in North Africa. Although it is rare in its native North Africa, it has been introduced to North America, southern Europe, and elsewhere. Aoudads are stocky with a short tan-brown bristly coat. Both sexes have a heavy fringe of hair on their throat that in males extends down the neck to cover the chest and front legs. Both males and females have outward curved horns but male horns can be twice as large as female horns and can measure up to 33 in. The males use their horns in physical dominance fights, ramming heads as they compete for territory and females.