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>This article refers to the sheep genus. For the domesticated species which is used for wool and meat production in farming enterprises, see Domestic sheep. For other uses, see Sheep (disambiguation). See text A Sheep is a mammal, one of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds in the genus Ovis. The domestic sheep is thought to be descended from the wild moufflon of south-central and south-west Asia. A male sheep is a ram, a female a ewe, and a young sheep a lamb. Sheep meat is called mutton or simply lamb.
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