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Snow sheep

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Artiodactyla

Subfamily
  
Caprinae

Scientific name
  
Ovis nivicola

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Bovidae

Genus
  
Ovis

Higher classification
  
Ovis

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Similar
  
Ovis, Mammal, Siberian ibex, Argali, Dall sheep

The Snow sheep (Ovis nivicola), or Siberian bighorn sheep, is a species of sheep from the mountainous areas in the northeast of Siberia. One subspecies, the Putorana snow sheep (Ovis nivicola borealis) lives isolated from the other forms in the Putoran Mountains. The snow sheep is most closely related to the North American bighorn sheep and Dall's sheep.

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Subspecies


  • Kolyma snow sheep, O. n. ssp
  • Koryak snow sheep, O. n. koriakorum
  • Okhotsk snow sheep, O. n. alleni
  • Yakutia snow sheep, O. n. lydekkeri
  • Kamchatka snow sheep, O. n. nivicola
  • Putorana snow sheep, O. n. borealis
  • Chukotka snow sheep, O. n. tschuktschorum

    • Taxonomy and genetics

    Ovis nivicola appeared about 600,000 years ago. and is closely related to the North American bighorn sheep and Dall's sheep.

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    These wild sheep crossed the Bering land bridge from Siberia into Alaska during the Pleistocene (about 750,000 years ago); the sheep diverged into the three extant species.

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    References

    Snow sheep Wikipedia
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