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

TYPE SPECIES: Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 .

SYNONYMS: Ammon, Argali, Caprovis, Musimon, Pachyceros.

COMMENTS: Placed in Capra by Van Gelder (1977b); 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, 1978c:218); while others recognize up to seven, as do the most recent reviews (Korobitsyna et al., 1974; Nadler et al., 1973). Six species are listed here.