{"id":25123,"date":"2012-11-02T15:53:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T14:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/mammals\/sheep-ovis-aries\/"},"modified":"2012-11-02T20:09:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T19:09:34","slug":"sheep-ovis-aries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/mammals\/sheep-ovis-aries\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheep (Ovis aries)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. 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