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Etymology for the aoudad

Jan 17th, 2020
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  1. aoudad
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  3. Domain = Eukaryota
  4. Kingdom = Animalia
  5. Class = Mammalia
  6. Order = Artiodactyla (coming from the two affixes 'artios' meaning even and 'dactyl' meaning toe/foot-- even-toed ungulates)
  7. Family = Bovidae
  8. Subfamily = Caprinae
  9. Genus = Ammotragus
  10. Species = A. Lervia
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  12. Ammotragus = 'ammos' (from Greek) meaning sand and 'trágos' meaning goat
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  14. lervia (cited from Rev. T. Shaw's "Travels and Observations) being described as lerwee... I have yet to find a clear translation/definition of lervia. I'll do some research on citation.
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