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Ovis canadensis auduboni  Merriam, 1901
Taxonomic Serial No.: 898961

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderArtiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates  
                                  FamilyBovidae Gray, 1821 – antelopes, cattle, goats, sheep, bovids  
                                     SubfamilyCaprinae Gray, 1821  
                                        GenusOvis Linnaeus, 1758 – sheep  
                                           SpeciesOvis canadensis Shaw, 1804 – bighorn sheep, Borrego cimarrón, Bighorn Sheep  
                                              SubspeciesOvis canadensis auduboni Merriam, 1901  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shackleton, David M.   
  Publication Date: 1985   
  Article/Chapter Title: Ovis canadensis   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Species, no. 230   
  Page(s): 1-9   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1545-1410   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native & Extinct  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Recently extinct  
 

 

    


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