Ovis dalli Nelson 1884

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 710

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

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scientific name

Ovis dalli Nelson 1884
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Ovis dalli Nelson 1884 View in CoL

Ovis dalli Nelson 1884 View in CoL , Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus., 7: 13.

Type Locality: USA, Alaska, "killed by the Indians on some mountains south of Fort Yukon, and on the west bank of the river"; interpreted as "Mountains west of Fort Reliance, Alaska, on divide between Tanana and Yukon Rivers" ( Miller, 1924:497), or "Mountains south of Fort Yukon on west bank of Yukon River, Alaska; probably Tanana Hills" (Miller and Kellog, 1955:823).

Vernacular Names: Dall's Sheep.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Ovis dalli subsp. dalli Nelson 1884

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

Distribution: Alaska to N British Columbia and W Mackenzie ( Canada).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Hybrid zone between Dall's Sheep sensu stricto ( dalli ) and Stone's Sheep (stonei) ( Sheldon, 1919). Revised by Cowan (1940). Reviewed by Bowyer and Leslie (1992, Mammalian Species, 393).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Bovidae

Genus

Ovis

Loc

Ovis dalli Nelson 1884

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Ovis dalli

Nelson 1884: 13
1884
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