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Ovis dalli Nelson 1884

Description

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).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 710, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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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.