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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;areich, post: 1487472, member: 37479&quot;]<b>Cyprus Mouflon</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Cyprus Mouflon, Ovis orientalis ophion is a native wild sheep in residing in the Island of Cyprus.&nbsp; It is very closely related to other Ovis orientalis species that are spread from Western and North Pakistan to Iran.&nbsp; It is thought that the Cyprus variety might actually be a feral version of an ancient domesticated variety which was imported into the Island.&nbsp; And the relationship between wild and domesticated sheep is still somewhat unclear.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Cyprus Mouflon is listed as Venerable, and by 1937 only about 15 survived in Cyprus.&nbsp; They created the Paphos Forest Game Reserve and the population is now at about 1000 individuals.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cyprus_wild_mouflon_Agrino.jpg/800px-Cyprus_wild_mouflon_Agrino.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cypenv.info/cypnat/images/mouf0220.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cypenv.info/cypnat/files/mammals.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cypenv.info/cypnat/files/mammals.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.cypenv.info/cypnat/files/mammals.aspx</a></p><p><a href="http://www.waza.org/en/zoo/visit-the-zoo/sheep-goats-chamois-and-musk-ox-1254385523/ovis-orientalis-ophion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.waza.org/en/zoo/visit-the-zoo/sheep-goats-chamois-and-musk-ox-1254385523/ovis-orientalis-ophion" rel="nofollow">http://www.waza.org/en/zoo/visit-the-zoo/sheep-goats-chamois-and-musk-ox-1254385523/ovis-orientalis-ophion</a></p><p><a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/15739/0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/15739/0" rel="nofollow">http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/15739/0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]188765.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]188766.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This 1 Pound .925 Silver coin weighs 28.28 grams and has a diameter of 38361 MM.&nbsp; it is one of 25,000 proofs and from the Paris Mint.&nbsp; It is dated 1986 and with a Cyprus Emblem on the reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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