Ovis

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Ovis
Bighorn Sheep
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Caprinae
Genus:	Ovis Linnaeus, 1758

Ovis is a genus of the subfamily Caprinae, of the family Bovidae. The wild sheep and domestic sheep and other animals like it belong to this genus. There are 5 or more animals in this genus.

Taxonomy

• Genus Ovis
  • Ovis orientalis group
    • Ovis orientalis
      • Mouflon (Ovis orientalis orientalis group)
        • Domestic sheep (Ovis aries or Ovis orientalis aries)
      • Urial (Ovis orientalis vignei group)
    • Argali or mountain sheep (Ovis ammon)
  • Ovis canadensis group
    • Snow sheep (Ovis nivicola)
    • Thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli)
      • Dall sheep (Ovis dalli dalli)
      • Stone sheep (Ovis dalli stonei)
    • Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)

These are the main species of ovis.

	Ovis ammon	Argali
	Ovis orientalis aries	Domestic sheep
	Orientalis orientalis orientalis group	Mouflon
	Ovis orientalis vignei group	Urial
	Ovis canadensis	Bighorn sheep
	Ovis dalli	Thinhorn sheep
	Ovis nivicola	Snow sheep

References

1. ↑ ICZN (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature) opinion 2027 Archived 2008-04-22 at the Wayback Machine

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