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Ovis (sheep)
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), Carroll (1988); to Bobcaprini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999); to Caprinae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Caprini by Grubb (2001), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Calamari (2021).
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), Carroll (1988); to Bobcaprini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999); to Caprinae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Caprini by Grubb (2001), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Calamari (2021).
Species
O. ammon, O. aries (syn. O. strepsiceros, O. guineensis) (type species), O. burrhel, O. canadensis (syn. O. montana, O. canadensis canadensis, O. catclawensis, O. cervina, O. canadensis cremnobates, O. pygarus), O. cylindricornis, O. dalli, O. dorshi, O. europea, O. gmelini, 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 |
| 2021 | Ovis Calamari |
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G. Ovis Linnaeus 1758 [sheep]
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Ovis ammon Linnaeus 1758 [argali]
Ovis ammon darwini Przewalski 1883
Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758 [domestic sheep]
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Invalid names: Ovis guineensis Linnaeus 1758 [synonym], Ovis strepsiceros Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Ovis burrhel Blyth 1841
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 canadensis Shaw 1804 [synonym], 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 cylindricornis Blyth 1841
Ovis dalli Nelson 1884 [Dall sheep]
†Ovis dorshi Frick 1937
Ovis europea Kerr 1792
Ovis gmelini Blyth 1841 [mouflon]
†Ovis mamillaris Foster 1837
Ovis nivicola Eschscholtz 1829
†Ovis shantungensis Mastumoto 1926
Ovis sheldoni Merriam 1916
Ovis vignei Blyth 1841
Invalid names: Ovis orientalis Gmelin 1774 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.4 Ma
Collections (94 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messinian - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Ovis aries (189573) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Bulgaria | Ovis sp. (58809) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Tajikistan (Zulfi) | Ovis sp. (34434) | |
| Blancan | Mexico (Sonora) | Ovis sp. (20322) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hebei) | Ovis sp., Ovis shantungensis (231023) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hebei) | Ovis shantungensis (197069) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Ovis aries (189574) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Macedonia) | Ovis sp. (34784) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | Ovis aries (21867) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Ovis catclawensis (227074) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | Ovis aries (21695 21956 115191) | |
| Pleistocene | Canada (Alberta) | Ovis canadensis (174513) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Wales) | Ovis antiqua (34940) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Ovis canadensis (93257) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Ovis aries (21948 21949 21951 21952) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Egypt | Ovis ammon (21900) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Texas) | Ovis canadensis (93258) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Libya | Ovis aries (21884) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Morocco | Ovis aries (21856 21857 21859) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | Ovis aries (21868) | |
| Quaternary | Italy (Lombardia) | Ovis aries (36376) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Ovis canadensis (20477) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Alaska) | Ovis sp. (20297 20428) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Ovis canadensis (20272 20472) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary | Ovis sp. (35045) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Ovis sp. (191730) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Nevada) | Ovis canadensis (223356) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Russian Federation | Ovis ammon (79548) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Ovis canadensis (20273) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Ovis auduboni (93281) Ovis sp. (93141) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Ovis canadensis (93528) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Nevada) | Ovis canadensis (93278) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Hunan) | Ovis sp. (36729 36730) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Wyoming) | Ovis canadensis (20621) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Ovis canadensis (20615) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | South Africa | Ovis aries (115167) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Colorado) | Ovis catclawensis (74953 74954) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Ovis canadensis (93277) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Dodecanese) | Ovis aries (182809) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Ovis canadensis (93251) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Wyoming) | Ovis catclawensis (93181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Ovis sp. (155393) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Arizona) | Ovis sp. (85144) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Arizona) | Ovis catclawensis (74176) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Alaska) | Ovis dalli (93555) Ovis sp. (93339) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Utah) | Ovis canadensis (93326) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Ovis aries (21922) | |
| Holocene (late glacial) | USA (Alaska) | Ovis sp. (93340) | |
| Holocene | Russian Federation | Ovis aries (171637) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | Ovis aries (21908) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Ovis aries (215392) | |
| Holocene | USA (New Mexico) | Ovis canadensis (93375) | |
| Holocene | USA (Arizona) | Ovis canadensis (63708 63709 63710 63712 63715 63716 63717 63718 63720 63721 63722 63723 63724 63725) | |
| Holocene | Sudan | Ovis ammon (21902 21958 208787) | |
| Holocene | USA (Montana) | Ovis canadensis (162133) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Ovis sp. (71329) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Ovis aries (21921) Ovis sp. (21930) | |
| Holocene | Egypt | Ovis ammon (21907) | |
| Holocene | Italy (Vicenza) | Ovis aries (43690) | |
| Holocene | Netherlands | Ovis aries (55533 122115) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Yukon) | Ovis dalli (228443) | |
| Holocene | Kenya | Ovis aries (21932 21935 22309) |