Asian Mouflon - Asian Mouflon

Japanese: アジアムフロン - あじあむふろん

… Wild species of the genus Ovis include Eurasian species, in which the border between the upper surface (the surface containing the base of the triangle) and the inner surface of the horn near the base, i.e. the inner edge, is sharp and pronounced, while the border between the upper surface and the outer surface, i.e. the outer edge, is round and unclear, and American species, in which the outer edge is sharp and pronounced, while the inner edge is round and unclear. Eurasian species include the mouflon O. musimon (Sardinia and Corsica), which is thought to be the ancestor of domestic sheep, and the Asian mouflon O. orientalis (Asia Minor, Iran, etc., although some scholars consider these to be the same species, in which case the scientific name of the mouflon is O. orientalis ), as well as the urial O. vignei (Iran, Kashmir) and the argali O. ammon (Altai, Himalayas), and the American species O. canadensis . …

From [Mouflon]

...An even-toed ungulate mammal of the Bovidae family. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea in Corsica, Sardinia, and Cyprus, Asia Minor, and western Iran, but some scholars consider the species found in Asia Minor and Iran to be a separate species, the Asian mouflon O. orientalis . It has a body length of 110-130 cm, tail length of 3.5-6 cm, shoulder height of 65-75 cm, and weight of 25-50 kg.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Asian Mouflon" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…　ヒツジ属の野生種には，角の基部に近い部分の上面(三角形の底辺を含む面)と内面の境，すなわち内縁が鋭く顕著で，上面と外面の境，すなわち外縁が丸く不明りょうなユーラシア系の種と，反対に外縁が鋭く顕著で，内縁が丸く不明りょうなアメリカ系の種とがある。ユーラシア系の種には，家畜のヒツジの原種と見られるムフロンO.musimon(サルデーニャとコルシカ)とアジアムフロンO.orientalis(小アジア，イランなど。ただしこれらを同一種とみなす学者もあり，その場合はムフロンの学名はO.orientalisとなる)のほか，ウリアルO.vignei(イラン，カシミール)およびアルガリO.ammon(アルタイ，ヒマラヤ)があり，アメリカ系の種にはビッグホーンO.canadensisがある。…