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Also known as Ovis nivicola

species of mammal

Species

Least Concern

via IUCN

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Ovis
Image
Ovis nivicola (=O. canadensis nivicola) by Joseph Smit.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
taxon name
Ovis nivicola
Commons category
Ovis nivicola
gestation period
175
taxon common name
Schneeschaf
short name
O. nivicola
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Encyclopedic overview

The snow sheep (Ovis nivicola), or Siberian bighorn sheep, is a species of sheep from the mountainous areas in the northeast of Siberia. One subspecies, the Putorana snow sheep (Ovis nivicola borealis), lives isolated from the other forms in the Putoran Mountains.

Subspecies

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “snow sheep” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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