Ovis aries
Sheep at Symonston, ACT
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| Ovis aries | MichaelMulvaney | 9 Sep 2024 | ||
| Capra hircus | CarbonAI | 8 Sep 2024 | ||
| Ovis aries | RobParnell | 8 Sep 2024 |
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11 comments
8 Sep 2024
Hi @DonFletcher & @AaronClausen - this is a good example of CarbonAI confirming the ID wrong. It needs to be watched and corrected. Also the sheep may not be feral.
9 Sep 2024
The adult has an ear tag. The last couple of times i’ve been in Callum Brae i’ve seen sheep - up to 10 in a group. Perhaps escapees from the properties adjoining the reserve
9 Sep 2024
I meant with this example to show to moderators that CarbonAI should not be taken for granted and it's confirmations should always be checked.
9 Sep 2024
Thanks @MichaelBedingfield - there are a low number of comparitive species in this case, which is why CarbonAI felt it was confident, we can definitely adjust and tweak this to be more strict.
9 Sep 2024
Needs input from us moderators too. EG there is no rare animal like an echidna so Carbon will tend to be right about echidnas, but if there are similar species, rarely seen, to one of the relatively common species, Carbon will ID them all as the common one. For example, sheep are rarely reported but look like goats. Yellow bellied glider will look to a computer like Greater Glider, etc. As the number of sightings increases, Carbon will get better. For example, Carbon is now recognising Ringtailed Possums, formerly lumped with Brushtailed.
9 Sep 2024
If we go to Kangaroo Island, we will have to be careful because of the Kangaroo Island Echidna, an endangered subspecies of the local one. It is Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus. So CarbonAI will have to be aware of regional variations of species and subspecies that look similar. See:- Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus
9 Sep 2024
These are straying sheep, not feral. I have chased them back through the fence, but they keep coming back. They have many gaps under the fences.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.145081-35.357990
- Maps Callum Brae
- Places Symonston, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 4 Sep 2024 02:23 PM Recorded on
- RobParnell Recorded by
- Mixed Gender
- Dependent young Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Mammals Other hoofed mammals Feral hoofed introduced mammals RobParnell Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ovis aries
Species information
- Ovis aries Scientific name
- Sheep Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 708m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Ovis ories
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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