Ovis dalli Nelson 1884
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Ovis dalli Nelson 1884
Ovis dalli Nelson 1884, 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).
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Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/AB6A4FBA464988A6B3A53F4B8CD52B4B (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/6C15E79EEF3FB96EE78B8BD6788D43C3 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231541219 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Nelson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Bovidae
- Genus
- Ovis
- Species
- dalli
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ovis dalli Nelson, 1884 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Miller, G. S., Jr. 1924. List of North American Recent mammals. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 128: 1 - 673.
- Sheldon, C. 1919. The wilderness of the Upper Yukon. Second ed. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 364 pp.
- Cowan, I. McT. 1940. Distribution and variation in the native sheep of North America. American Midland Naturalist, 24: 505 - 580.
- Bowyer, R. T., and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 1992. Ovis dalli. Mammalian Species, 393: 1 - 7.