Ovis nivicola Eschscholtz, 1829 . Zool. Atlas, Part 1, p. 1, pl. 1.

TYPE LOCALITY: Russia, E Kamchatka .

DISTRIBUTION: Putorana Mtns, NC Siberia; NE Siberia from Lena River east to Chukotka and Kamchatka (Russia).

SYNONYMS: alleni, borealis, koriakorum, lydekkeri, middendorfi, potanini, storcki.

COMMENTS: Corbet (1978c:218) and others included nivicola in canadensis; but see Korobitsyna et al. (1974) and Gromov and Baranova (1981:407).