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Taxonomy
Ovis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Ovis aries.
It was assigned to Pecora by Linnaeus (1758); to Bovina by Gray (1825); to Ruminantia by Owen (1848); to Ruminantia by Leidy (1860); to Bovidae by Schultz and Howard (1935) and Carroll (1988); to Bobcaprini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999); to Caprini by Grubb (2001) and Hassanin and Douzery (2003); and to Caprinae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
It was assigned to Pecora by Linnaeus (1758); to Bovina by Gray (1825); to Ruminantia by Owen (1848); to Ruminantia by Leidy (1860); to Bovidae by Schultz and Howard (1935) and Carroll (1988); to Bobcaprini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999); to Caprini by Grubb (2001) and Hassanin and Douzery (2003); and to Caprinae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Species
O. aries (syn. O. guineensis, O. strepsiceros) (type species), O. canadensis (syn. O. pygarus, O. canadensis cremnobates, O. montana, O. cervina, O. catclawensis, O. canadensis canadensis), O. dalli, O. dorshi, O. europea, O. mamillaris, O. nivicola, O. orientalis, O. shantungensis, O. sheldoni, O. vignei
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Ovis Linnaeus p. 70 |
| 1774 | Ovis orientalis Gmelin |
| 1825 | Ovis Gray p. 342 |
| 1848 | Ovis Owen p. 139 |
| 1860 | Ovis Leidy p. 110 |
| 1902 | Ovis Hay p. 687 |
| 1935 | Ovis Schultz and Howard p. 292 |
| 1980 | Ovis Kurten and Anderson p. 328 |
| 1988 | Ovis Carroll |
| 1999 | Ovis Hassanin and Douzery p. 893 |
| 2001 | Ovis Grubb p. 383 |
| 2003 | Ovis Hassanin and Douzery p. 212 |
| 2008 | Ovis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Ovis Linnaeus 1758 [sheep]
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Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758 [domestic sheep]
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Invalid names: Ovis guineensis Linnaeus 1758 [synonym], Ovis strepsiceros Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Ovis canadensis Shaw 1804 [bighorn sheep]
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†Ovis canadensis auduboni Merriam 1901
Ovis canadensis californiana Douglas 1829
Ovis canadensis mexicana Merriam 1901
Ovis canadensis nelsoni Merriam 1897
Ovis canadensis weemsi Goldman 1937
Invalid names: Ovis canadensis cremnobates Elliot 1903 [synonym], Ovis catclawensis Hibbard and Wright 1956 [synonym], Ovis cervina Desmarest 1804 [synonym], Ovis montana Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Ovis pygarus Griffith 1827 [synonym]
Ovis dalli Nelson 1884 [Dall sheep]
†Ovis dorshi Frick 1937
Ovis europea Kerr 1792
†Ovis mamillaris Foster 1837
Ovis nivicola Eschscholtz 1829
†Ovis shantungensis Mastumoto 1926
Ovis sheldoni Merriam 1916
Ovis vignei Blythe 1841
Invalid names: Ovis canadensis canadensis Shaw 1804 [synonym], Ovis orientalis Gmelin 1774 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available