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moufflon
(redirected from mouflon)

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moufflon
the European wild sheep, characterized by a reddish color, short wool and big curly horns, and an ability to survive in very tough conditions. Called also Ovis musimon.


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Shooters can take aim at everything from wild boar in the deep forests around Paris, to deer and woodcock on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, to chamois goats and mouflon sheep high in the Alps.
Thanks to the "last supper phenomenon", the scientists have been able to analyze the last food consumed by animals such as the Eurasian wild horse, the mouflon and the reindeer.
After passing vineyards we gradually climbed an off-road route and learnt about the history of the island and its flora and fauna from our driver as the occasional lizard scurried into the undergrowth until we reached a sanctuary for mouflon, a kind of deer, normally difficult to see in the wild.
 
 
 
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