Ovis

== Translingual == === Etymology === Latin ovis (“sheep”) === Proper noun === Ovis f A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – sheep. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Bovidae – family; Caprinae – subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Ovis aries (domestic sheep) – type species; Ovis ammon (argali), Ovis canadensis (bighorn sheep), Ovis dalli (thinhorn sheep), Ovis musimon (mouflon), Ovis nivicola (snow sheep), Ovis orientalis (urial) – selected other species ==== Related terms ==== ovine === References === Ovis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ovis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Ovis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons