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Ovis ammon (argali)

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Capra ammon was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ovis ammon by Leidy (1860), Mead and Taylor (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Subspecies
O. darwini
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. aires, O. antiqua, O. aries, O. dalli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Capra ammon Linnaeus
1860Ovis ammon Leidy p. 110
2005Ovis ammon Mead and Taylor
2008Ovis ammon Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeCaprini()
genusOvis
speciesammon()

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.

Ovis ammon Linnaeus 1758 [argali]
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Ovis ammon darwini Przewalski 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Egypt Ovis ammon (21900)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Ovis ammon (79548)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt Ovis ammon (21907)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Ovis ammon (21902 21958 208787)