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Mouflon Sheep (Ovis gmelini musimon)

Current Range: Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi

Region of origin: Europe

Date of first introduction: 1954 (Lānaʻi), 1957 (Hawaiʻi Island), 1958 (Kauaʻi)

Average size: 30 - 50 kg

Litter frequency: 1 litter per year*

Litter size: 1 to 2 lambs

Home range: 5.77 ± 0.86 km  to 9.81 ± 1.97 km 

Diet: Opportunistic grazer

References (*obtained from studies outside of Hawaiʻi): Tomich 1986, Adams 2019, Duffy and Lepczyk 2021, CABI 2021

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