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Ovis canadensis Shaw, 1804

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Nat. Misc. vol.51 p.text to pl. 610

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Artiodactyla
family
Bovidae
genus
Ovis
species
Ovis canadensis

Name

Synonyms
Ovis canadensis catclawensis (Hibbard & Wright, 1956)
Ovis catclawensis (Hibbard & Wright, 1956)
Ovis cervina Desmarest, 1804
Ovis montana Cuvier, 1817
Ovis pygarus Griffith, 1827
Homonyms
Ovis canadensis Shaw, 1804
Common names
Bighorn in language.
Bighorn Sheep in English
Bighorn Sheep in English
Bighorn Sheep in English
Borrego cimarrón in Spanish
Borrego cimarrón in Spanish
California Bighorn (californiana) in English
Carnero in language.
Carnero de las Rocosas in language.
Desert Bighorn Sheep (mexicana in English
Dickhornschaf in German
Dickhornschaf in German
Mouflon d’Amérique in French
Mountain Sheep in language.
Mountain Sheep; Audubon Bighorn (auduboni) in English
bighorn sheep in language.
bighorn sheep in English
bighorn sheep in English
bighorn sheep in English
bighorn sheep in English
nelsoni in English
weemsi in English
weemsi) in English
Bighorn Sheep in English
Borrego Cimarrón in Spanish
Carnero Del Canadá in Spanish
Carnero Salvaje in Spanish
Mouflon D'Amérique in French
Mouflon Du Canada in French
Mouflon Pachycère in French
Mountain Sheep in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Comstock,John Henry (1925) An introduction to entomology
  3. Dobroscky,Irene D. (1925) External parasites of birds and the fauna of bird's nests http://phthiraptera.info/node/44744
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  7. Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
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