DALL SHEEP, Ovis dalli 



(Imnaik) 



Rcmge. — Alaska, Yukon, and northern British 

 Columbia. 



Habitat. — Rugged, inaccessible mountainous 

 areas, above timberline; at lower elevations in 

 vrinter, but avoids any dense forest. 



Races in Alaska. — Two races of the Alaska big- 

 horn or white slieep occur in the State : the typical 

 dalU (type locality: south of Fort Yukon on west 

 bank of Yukon River; probably Tanana Hills) 

 is widely distributed in proper habitat; herm-iensis 

 (type locality : head of Sheep Creek, Kenai Penin- 

 sula) is apparently restricted to this peninsula. 



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