Cows are derived from Buffalo,
Pigs from Boar,
What beast does a sheep originate from?
Any ideas?
2007-01-30 09:43:54 · 15 answers · asked by Richard H 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Sheep and goats are very nearly the same animal, both seem to mainly exist as domesticated species, but I think they were seperate species before domestication, although I could be wrong. As someone else mentioned the sheep ancestor is the wild mouflon from Asia. If you went back much further than the common ancestor of sheep and goats, you'd also find the common ancestor of all even-toed ungulates.
2007-01-30 09:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by Rotifer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they came from a similar ancestor as goats- look at the Mountain goat in the US- looks very sheep like. They were domesticated overseas though, so there would be a different ancestor.
Oh- not all pigs came from boars- just the old world pigs, which is what we use for meat (the big pink pigs)
tayssuidae, the new world pigs, do not come from the european wild boar. An example is the Javelina and the Collared Peccary.
2007-01-30 11:34:17 · answer #2 · answered by D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cows are cows,buffalo are buffalo, pigs are pigs(boar is a male pig ,like dog is a male canine) and sheep are sheep
2007-01-30 10:05:53 · answer #3 · answered by bob god 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The domestic sheep would probably come from wild sheep or goats. Like the mountain goat.
2007-01-30 09:56:03 · answer #4 · answered by animaginaryworld 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an original. My pullover derives from sheep.
2007-01-30 09:48:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Government controled people
2007-01-30 10:02:45 · answer #6 · answered by jgroup01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the original, they dont necessarily have to originate from anything.
2007-01-30 09:54:06 · answer #7 · answered by Aaron B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are derived from mouflon
2007-01-30 09:48:44 · answer #8 · answered by ~Grace~ 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As far as I'm aware they've been domesticated from around 5000BC.
2007-01-30 09:51:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sheep are a clouds with legs!
2007-01-30 09:48:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋