Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Caprini according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 2003
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Grubb 2001, Hassanin and Douzery 1999, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1860, Linnaeus 1758, Owen 1848 and Schultz and Howard 1935
Sister taxa: Ammotragus, Bouria, Budorcas, Capra, Protovis, Sinocapra
Subtaxa: Ovis aries Ovis canadensis Ovis dalli Ovis dorshi Ovis europea Ovis mamillaris Ovis nivicola Ovis orientalis Ovis shantungensis Ovis sheldoni Ovis vignei
Type: Ovis aries
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Alberta, Yukon collections), China (3), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Kenya (3), Libya (1), Monaco (1), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (3), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (14), the United Kingdom (1), United States (42: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Blancan of Mexico (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Bulgaria (1), China (1), Tajikistan (1)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)
Total: 88 collections including 99 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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