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 Z. T. Calamari 2021
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Grubb 2001, Hassanin and Douzery 1999, Hassanin and Douzery 2003, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1860, Linnaeus 1758, Owen 1848 and Schultz and Howard 1935
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ovis ammon Ovis aries Ovis burrhel Ovis canadensis Ovis cylindricornis Ovis dalli Ovis dorshi Ovis europea Ovis gmelini 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), Egypt (2), 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 (2), South Africa (14), Sudan (3), 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: 94 collections including 105 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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