Aoudad

The Barbary Sheep (or locally as Aoudad) is a species of goat-antelope native to the rocky mountains of North Africa. The Aoudad is rare in its native North Africa, but it has been successfully introduced in Texas and elsewhere in North America. The Aoudad has long shaggy hair on the throat area and their horns are long and curve backwards over their body (horns can reach 2ft in length). The reddish brown animals are able to obtain all of their needed moisture from the food they eat, however if water is available they will drink and wallow in it. On the 10xXx Ranch the Aoudad are so wary that they are rarely seen.