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OCR: Like antelope, goats and sheep belong to the family Bovidae and are ruminant hoofed mammals with hollow horns. Sheep and goats have been domesticated for thousands of years and are found in deserts in both the wild and domestic forms. The main species found in the American deserts is the desert bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis. These animals do not live in the desert scrubland - they inhabit desert mountain ranges close to permanent water