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Bighorn Sheep - Ovis canadensis - Dikhoornschaap
Western North-America, from Southwest-Canada to North-Baja California.
The following 7 subspecies are being recognized:
Ovis canadensis canadensis - Southwest-Alberta, Southeast-British Columbia to Nevada and New Mexico;
Ovis canadensis auduboni - Saskatchewan to North Dakota and Wyoming. Extinct in 1905;
Ovis canadensis californiana - South-British Columbia to Oregon and Sierra Nevada, California;
Ovis canadensis nelsoni - California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah to New Mexico;
Ovis canadensis cremnobates - Extreme South-California and northern Baja California, Mexico;
Ovis canadensis mexicanus - Southwest-Texas and Arizona to mountain ranges in Mexico;
Ovis canadensis weemsi - Mexico (Cajon de Tecomaja, Baja California, Sierra de la Giganta).
Of this species there are also Nature photo's available.