Ovis canadensis

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Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,180 meters (0 to 10,433 feet).[1]

Biome: Terrestrial

Ecology: List of Habitats : 1.4 Forest - Temperate 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate 4.4 Grassland - Temperate 8.2 Desert - Temperate

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Ovis

There are approximately 94 species in this genus:

O. ammon (Altai Argali) · O. ammon ammon (Altai Argali) · O. ammon argali · O. ammon aries · O. ammon collium (Kazakhstan Argali) · O. ammon cycloceros · O. ammon darwini (Gobi Argali) · O. ammon gmelini · O. ammon hodgsoni · O. ammon hodgsonii (Tibetan Argali) · O. ammon humei · O. ammon jubata (Northern Chinese Argali) · O. ammon karelini (Tien Shan Argali) · O. ammon littledalei · O. ammon musimon (Mouflon) · O. ammon nigrimontana (Kara Tau Argali) · O. ammon orientalis · O. ammon poli · O. ammon polii (Marco Polo Argali) · O. ammon sairensis · O. ammon severtzovi (Kyzylkum Sheep) · O. ammon vignei · O. antiqua · O. aries (European Mouflon Sheep) · O. aries aries · O. aries bachmani · O. aries dolichura · O. aries gmelini · O. aries musimon · O. aries ophion (Urial) · O. aries orientalis · O. aries palustris · O. aries studeri · O. blanfordi · O. burrhel · O. californianus · O. canadensis (American Bighorn) · O. canadensis auduboni (Audubon Bighorn) · O. canadensis californiana (California Bighorn Sheep) · O. canadensis californianus · O. canadensis californicus · O. canadensis canadensis (Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep) · O. canadensis cremnobates (Peninsular Bighorn Sheep) · O. canadensis dalli · O. canadensis gaillardi · O. canadensis mexicana (Mexican Bighorn Sheep) · O. canadensis mexicanus · O. canadensis nelsoni (Desert Bighorn Sheep) · O. canadensis nelsonii (Nelson's Bighorn Sheep) · O. canadensis nivicola · O. canadensis sierrae · O. canadensis spp · O. canadensis stonei · O. canadensis texiana · O. canadensis weemsi (Weems' Bighorn Sheep) · O. dalli (Kenai Dall Sheep) · O. dalli dalli (Dall's Sheep) · O. dalli kenaiensis (Kenai Dall Sheep) · O. dalli stonei (Stone's Sheep) · O. dalli x · O. gmelini · O. gmelinii · O. gmelini musimon · O. musimon · O. musimon musimon · O. musimon ophion (Urial) · O. nayaur · O. nivicola (Siberian Bighorn Sheep) · O. nivicola alleni (Okhotsk Snow Sheep) · O. nivicola borealis (Putorean Snow Sheep) · O. nivicola lydekkeri (Yakut Snow Sheep) · O. nivicola nivicola (Kamchatka Snow Sheep) · O. ophion · O. ophion urmiana · O. orientalis · O. orientalis anatolica · O. orientalis arkal (Arkal) · O. orientalis bocharensis (Bukhara Urial) · O. orientalis cycloceros (Afghan Urial) · O. orientalis gmelinii (Armenian Mouflon) · O. orientalis isphahanica (Esfahan Mouflon) · O. orientalis laristanica (Laristan Mouflon) · O. orientalis musimon (European Mouflon) · O. orientalis ophion (Cyprian Wild Sheep) · O. orientalis punjabiensis (Punjab Urial) · O. orientalis vignei (Ladahk Urial) · O. sairensis littledalei · O. tragelaphus · O. vignei (Urial) · O. vignei arkal · O. vignei bochariensis · O. vignei cycloceros · O. vignei punjabiensis · O. vignei vignei

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Caprinae Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 15 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Texas Tech University
• , Mammal specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection
• University of Washington Burke Museum, Mammal Specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2478882
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180711
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13817122
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180711
• IUCN ID: 15735
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMALE04012
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: A0DR
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8591

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,481.390 meters (4,860.203 feet), Standard Deviation = 834.170 based on 201 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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