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Ovis canadensis (bighorn sheep)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy

Ovis canadensis was named by Shaw (1804). It is extant.

Subspecies

O. auduboni, O. californiana, O. mexicana, O. nelsoni, O. weemsi

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

O. antiqua

Synonyms

Ovis montana was named by Cuvier (1817). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ovis canadensis by Allen (1912) and Shackleton (1985).
Ovis cervina was named by Desmarest (1804). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ovis canadensis by Shackleton (1985).
Ovis pygarus was named by Griffith (1827). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ovis canadensis by Shackleton (1985).
Ovis canadensis canadensis was named by Shaw (1804). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ovis canadensis by Shackleton (1985).
Ovis canadensis cremnobates was named by Elliot (1903). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ovis canadensis by Shackleton (1985).
Ovis catclawensis was named by Hibbard and Wright (1956). Its type specimen is UMMP No. 31413, a mandible (right lower jaw), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Catclaw Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave siltstone in Arizona.

It was recombined as Ovis canadensis catclawensis by Harris and Mundel (1974) and Emslie (1986); it was synonymized subjectively with Ovis canadensis by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Harris (1985), Wang (1988) and Pinsof (1998).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1804	Ovis cervina Desmarest
1804	Ovis canadensis Shaw
1804	Ovis canadensis canadensis Shaw
1817	Ovis montana Cuvier
1827	Ovis pygarus Griffith
1903	Ovis canadensis cremnobates Elliot
1956	Ovis catclawensis Hibbard and Wright p. 106
1974	Ovis canadensis catclawensis Harris and Mundel
1980	Ovis canadensis Kurten and Anderson p. 329
1985	Ovis canadensis Emslie and Czaplewski p. 3
1985	Ovis canadensis Shackleton p. 1
1986	Ovis canadensis catclawensis Emslie p. 173
2008	Ovis canadensis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
—	Ruminantiamorpha
—	Ruminantia	(Scopoli 1777)
—	Pecora	()
family	Bovidae
subfamily	Antilopinae	Gray 1821
tribe	Caprini
genus	Ovis
species	canadensis	Shaw 1804

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 Shaw 1804 [bighorn sheep]

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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 canadensis auduboni Merriam 1901

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available