Genus Ovis (Noun)
Meaning
Sheep.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Sheep of the genus Ovis were the earliest to be domesticated, primarily raised for their wool, meat, and milk.
- Taxonomists identify sheep species such as the Bighorn, mouflon, and argali, within the genus Ovis due to similarities.
- Conservationists were instrumental in creating reserves to preserve habitats of certain wild members of the genus Ovis, considered vulnerable to extinction.
- While studies support species separation among Ovis Orientalis orientalis, little divergence supports isolating Bighorns in genus separate to Ovis canadensis' true distribution history and type Ovis taxons identified formally initially without geographic monographs following Darwin.
- Determinations that sheep have close genetic affinities with all other members in the genus Ovis paved the way for emerging modern gene-cloning models aiming for creating custom improved sheep better durable and disease-free for human resource use or domestic pasture.