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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Peninsular Bighorn Sheep
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,412 meters (0 to 4,633 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.4Forest - Temperate
3.4Shrubland - Temperate
3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
4.4Grassland - Temperate
4.5Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
8.2Desert - Temperate
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Artiodactyla
()
- Owen, 1848
- Even-Toed Ungulates
- Order:
Artiodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ovis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 94 species and subspecies 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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Further Reading
- Caprinae Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Shackleton, D.M. (ed.) 1997. Wild Sheep and Goats and their relatives: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Caprinae Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
- Caprinae Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Caprinae Specialist Group 1996. Ovis canadensis ssp. cremnobates. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 28, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6320499
- IUCN ID: 15747
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 180127
Footnotes
- Mean = 527.060 meters (1,729.199 feet), Standard Deviation = 291.900 based on 51 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
