Ovis Linnaeus 1758

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Ovis Linnaeus 1758

Ovis Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 70 .

Type Species: Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758

Species and subspecies: 5 species with 30 subspecies:

Species Ovis ammon Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Ovis ammon subsp. ammon Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Ovis ammon subsp. collium Severtzov 1873

Subspecies Ovis ammon subsp. comosa Hollister 1919

Subspecies Ovis ammon subsp. darwini Przewalski 1883

Subspecies Ovis ammon subsp. hodgsonii Blyth 1841

Subspecies Ovis ammon subsp. karelini Severtzov 1873

Subspecies Ovis ammon subsp. nigrimontana Severtzov 1873

Subspecies Ovis ammon subsp. polii Blyth 1841

Subspecies Ovis ammon subsp. severtzovi Nasonov 1914

Species Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Ovis aries subsp. aries Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Ovis aries subsp. arkal Eversmann 1850

Subspecies Ovis aries subsp. cycloceros Hutton 1842

Subspecies Ovis aries subsp. isphahanica Nasonov 1910

Subspecies Ovis aries subsp. laristanica Nasonov 1909

Subspecies Ovis aries subsp. musimon Pallas 1811

Subspecies Ovis aries subsp. ophion Blyth 1841

Subspecies Ovis aries subsp. orientalis Gmelin 1774

Subspecies Ovis aries subsp. vignei Blyth 1841

Species Ovis canadensis Shaw 1804

Subspecies Ovis canadensis subsp. canadensis Shaw 1804

Subspecies Ovis canadensis subsp. californiana Douglas 1829

Subspecies Ovis canadensis subsp. cremnobates Elliot 1904

Subspecies Ovis canadensis subsp. mexicana Merriam 1901

Subspecies Ovis canadensis subsp. nelsoni Merriam 1897

Subspecies Ovis canadensis subsp. weemsi Goldman 1937

Species Ovis dalli Nelson 1884

Subspecies Ovis dalli subsp. dalli Nelson 1884

Subspecies Ovis dalli subsp. stonei J. A. Allen 1897

Species Ovis nivicola Eschscholtz 1829

Subspecies Ovis nivicola subsp. nivicola Eschscholtz 1829

Subspecies Ovis nivicola subsp. borealis Severtzov 1872

Subspecies Ovis nivicola subsp. kodarensis Medvedev 1994

Subspecies Ovis nivicola subsp. koriakorum Chernyavskii 1962

Discussion: Placed in Capra by Van Gelder (1977 b); see comments under Capra . There is no consensus concerning the number of species to be recognized in this genus; some would recognize only one ( ammon ; see Haltenorth, 1963:126-128); others two ( ammon , canadensis ; see Corbet, 1978 c:218); while others recognize up to seven, as do the most recent reviews ( Korobitsyna et al., 1974; Nadler et al., 1973). Five species are listed here. Species-groups are nominate Ovis or aries group (includes also ammon ) and Pachyceros or canadensis group (includes also dalli and nivicola ).