Dragons, Dogs & Amadillos?

[Koen G]

Come on guys, let's be real for a second. It's not a sheep and much less a ram. There are just too many arguments against that interpretation.

- No curled horns. Those are absolutely required for a "ram" identification.
- Body covered in scales. I'm yet to see an illustration of a sheep with fur like this.
- Colouring seems to have been a shade of green, at least on the scans I'm using. 
- Hooves are sometimes drawn like the front paw, but not like the back paw. Very dubious. Though this is admittedly the least convincing argument, since animal feet are often drawn rather generically in the VM.
- Tail looks like a short, forked tail.
- "Nebuly line" argument doesn't strengthen the identification for "sheep". All kinds of things appeared with nebuly lines, and wavy lines appear also in other settings.
- The only way this animal's body shape can be seen as a sheep's is when comparing it to certain specific illustrations of the golden fleece. Ram's horns are totally obligatory in that case. In all other cases, this curved back would be highly unnatural for a sheep.
- The animal on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is probably a sheep. It looks different in all aspects.