ARUI OR UDAD 



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Head of Male Arui. 



ARUI or UDAD (Ovis lervia). 



The only wild sheep found throughout the continent of Africa is 

 the arui, or fechstal of the Arabs, the udad or Barbary sheep of 

 naturalists ; a species with horns not very unlike those of the bharal, 

 and also lacking glands on the face, but readily distinguished by its 

 uniformly tawny colour, the fringe of long hair depending from the 

 throat, chest, and the upper portion of the fore-legs, and the unusual 

 length of the tail, which exceeds that of all other wild sheep. In the 

 length of this appendage the arui approaches domesticated sheep, of 

 which, however, it is not likely to be the ancestor. Height at shoulder 

 about 3 feet 3 inches. 

 Distribution. — The mountains of Northern Africa, from Egypt to 



Morocco. This sheep is very difficult to find on its own ground. 



