Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Synonyms: Ovis canadensis canadensis Shaw 1804, Ovis canadensis catclawensis Hibbard and Wright 1956, Ovis canadensis cremnobates Elliot 1903, Ovis catclawensis Hibbard and Wright 1956, Ovis cervina Desmarest 1804, Ovis montana Cuvier 1817, Ovis pygarus Griffith 1827
Belongs to Ovis according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008
See also Allen 1912, Alroy 2002, Emslie 1986, Emslie and Czaplewski 1985, Harris 1985, Hibbard and Wright 1956, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Pinsof 1998, Shackleton 1985 and Wang 1988
Sister taxa: Ovis ammon, Ovis aries, Ovis dalli, Ovis dorshi, Ovis europea, Ovis mamillaris, Ovis nivicola, Ovis orientalis, Ovis shantungensis, Ovis sheldoni, Ovis vignei
Subtaxa: Ovis canadensis auduboni Ovis canadensis californiana Ovis canadensis mexicana Ovis canadensis nelsoni Ovis canadensis weemsi
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (3: Alberta collections), United States (33: Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 36 collections including 45 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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