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Ovis canadensis auduboni

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Ovis canadensis auduboni was named by Merriam (1901).

It was recombined as Ovis auduboni by Schultz and Howard (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. antiqua

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Ovis canadensis auduboni Merriam
1935Ovis auduboni Schultz and Howard p. 292
1985Ovis canadensis auduboni Shackleton p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeCaprini
genusOvis
speciescanadensisShaw 1804
subspeciesauduboniMerriam 1901

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 canadensis auduboni Merriam 1901
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available