Ammotragus lervia
System : Terrestrial
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Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla
Bovidae
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Common name
aoudad (English), Barbary sheep (English)
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Summary

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Compiler: IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group

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Publication date: 2012-04-27

Recommended citation: Global Invasive Species Database (2025) Species profile: Ammotragus lervia. Downloaded from http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=1851 on 25-10-2025.

Countries (or multi-country features) with distribution records for Ammotragus lervia
ALIEN RANGE
NATIVE RANGE
  • algeria
  • chad
  • egypt
  • libyan arab jamahiriya
  • mali
  • mauritania
  • morocco
  • niger
  • sudan
  • tunisia
Informations on Ammotragus lervia has been recorded for the following locations. Click on the name for additional informations.
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Red List assessed species 8: CR = 1; EN = 3; VU = 2; LC = 2;
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Locations
Iberian Peninsula
SPAIN
Mechanism
[1] Competition
[3] Predation
[1] Grazing/Herbivory/Browsing
[1] Trampling
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[1] Environmental Ecosystem - Habitat
  • [1] Habitat or refugia replacement/loss
[3] Environmental Species - Population
  • [3] Population size decline
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Bibliography
10 references found for Ammotragus lervia

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General information
Carqué Álamo, E., Bañares Baudet, A., Marrero Gómez, M.V. & Palomares Martínez, 2011. Bencomia exstipulata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2.
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/165220/0 [Accessed 16 Januray 2012)
Carqué Álamo, E., Bañares Baudet, A., Marrero Gómez, M.V. & Palomares Martínez. 2011. Genista benehoavensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2.
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/165129/0 [Accessed 16 Januray 2012)
Cassinello, J. 2018. Misconception and mismanagement of invasive species: the paradoxical case of an alien ungulate in Spain. Conservation Letters 11: e12440. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/conl.12440
Cassinello, J., Cuzin, F., Jdeidi, T., Masseti, M., Nader, I. & de Smet, K., 2008.Ammotragus lervia. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2.
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/1151/0 [Accessed 28 February 2012]
Herrero, J. & Pérez, J.M. 2008. Capra pyrenaica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2.
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/3798/0 [Accessed 16 Januray 2012)
Integrated Taxonomic Information Facility (ITIS), 2012. Ammotragus lervia (Pallas, 1777)
Summary: Available from: http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180719 [Accessed 28 February 2012]
Martín Cáceres, K., Mesa Coello, R. & Santos Guerra, A. 2011. Cheirolophus santos-abreui. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2.
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/165252/0 [Accessed 16 Januray 2012)
Santos Guerra, A. 2011. Crambe microcarpa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2.
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/176463/0 [Accessed 16 Januray 2012)
Santos Guerra, A. 2011. Lactuca palmensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/172087/0 [Accessed 16 Januray 2012)
Santos Guerra, A. & Reyes Betancort, J.A. 2011. Cicer canariense. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2.
Summary: Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/165246/0 [Accessed 16 Januray 2012)
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Ammotragus lervia
aoudad, Barbary sheep
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Recommended citation
(2025). Ammotragus lervia. IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT).