Aoudad de Barbarie vs Mexican-olive

Ammotragus lervia compared with Cordia boissieri

Key Differences

• Aoudad de Barbarie is Vulnerable while Mexican-olive is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Aoudad de Barbarie	Mexican-olive
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Cordiaceae
Genus	Ammotragus	Cordia
Species	Ammotragus lervia	Cordia boissieri

Conservation Status

Aoudad de Barbarie

VU — Vulnerable

Mexican-olive

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Aoudad de Barbarie	Mexican-olive
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Aoudad de Barbarie

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (7 countries), and North America (United States). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Mexican-olive

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Aoudad de Barbarie

The Aoudad (Ammotragus lervia) is a species in the genus Ammotragus. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic.