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Ovis

  • Argali Ovis ammon
    Argali
    Photo: James Eaton · CC0

    A wild sheep of Asia’s highlands that moves with the seasons.

  • Domestic sheep Ovis aries
    Domestic sheep
    Photo: AnRo0002 · CC0

    A domestic sheep spread around the world by people. It tends to move together with other sheep.

  • Bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis
    Bighorn sheep
    Photo: Jwanamaker · CC BY-SA 3.0

    A wild North American sheep with particularly large horns in males.

  • Stone's sheep Ovis dalli
    Stone's sheep
    Photo: David McMaster (talk · contribs) · BlindGoofy at the English-language Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Stone's sheep is a subspecies of Dall's sheep found in the mountains of northern British Columbia and Yukon.

  • Anatolian Sheep Ovis gmelini
    Anatolian Sheep
    Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0

    This wild sheep inhabits mountains in the Caucasus and western Asia. It uses hills, grasslands, shrublands, and rocky terrain, and lives in groups.

  • Snow Sheep Ovis nivicola
    Snow Sheep
    Photo: Евгений Егорейченков · CC BY 4.0

    The snow sheep lives in rocky mountains of eastern Siberia. It makes short seasonal movements and eats grasses and lichens.

  • Marco Polo Argali Ovis polii

    Ovis polii is a wild sheep described from the dry Pamir steppe. Males have long, winding horns, and the sheep use rolling hills, broad valleys, and gradual mountain sides.

  • Urial Ovis vignei

    Urials are wild sheep of Asian grasslands and hills; males carry large spiraling horns.

  • Afghan Urial Ovis cycloceros

    The Afghan Urial ranges from Afghanistan and Pakistan to northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, and western Kazakhstan. Both sexes have a white rump patch below the tail base, and males' winter coat markings vary among regions.

  • Gobi Argali Ovis darwini

    The Gobi Argali is recorded from southern Mongolia and northern China, in desert, semi-desert and steppe landscapes near hills and mountains.

  • Laristan Sheep Ovis laristanica

    The Laristan Sheep is a wild sheep of southern Iran. It has a brown coat and pale rump; adult males develop a dark throat ruff in winter. In Bamou National Park, the account records it from valley bottoms through rolling and mountainous terrain.

  • Karatau Argali Ovis nigrimontana

    The Karatau Argali is a wild sheep of the Karatau Mountains in southern Kazakhstan. It has a dark-brown body, paler neck, and white belly, and uses rocky valleys and slopes.

  • Domestic sheep Ovis aries

    A domestic sheep spread around the world by people. It tends to move together with other sheep.

  • Bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis

    A wild North American sheep with particularly large horns in males.

  • Argali Ovis ammon

    A wild sheep of Asia’s highlands that moves with the seasons.

  • Stone's sheep Ovis dalli

    Stone's sheep is a subspecies of Dall's sheep found in the mountains of northern British Columbia and Yukon.

  • Snow Sheep Ovis nivicola

    The snow sheep lives in rocky mountains of eastern Siberia. It makes short seasonal movements and eats grasses and lichens.

  • Urial Ovis vignei

    Urials are wild sheep of Asian grasslands and hills; males carry large spiraling horns.

  • Anatolian Sheep Ovis gmelini

    This wild sheep inhabits mountains in the Caucasus and western Asia. It uses hills, grasslands, shrublands, and rocky terrain, and lives in groups.

  • Marco Polo Argali Ovis polii

    Ovis polii is a wild sheep described from the dry Pamir steppe. Males have long, winding horns, and the sheep use rolling hills, broad valleys, and gradual mountain sides.