MOUNTAIN SHEEP IN NORTH AMERICA 



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No wild animals other than wild sheep have circling horns. The 

 largest species of wild sheep are found in Asia, and are known 

 respectively as the argali and Marco Polo's sheep. The horns 



DISTRIBUTION OF MOUNTAIN 

 SHEEP IN NORTH AMERICA IN 



1914. 



The black dots represent, approximately, 

 actual observations. 



1. Big-Horn Sheep (Oris canadensis). 



2. Nelson's Big-Horn (0. canadensis nelsoni) 



and Sierra Big-Horn (0. canadensis sierrac) . 

 S. Lower California Big-Horn CO. canadensis 

 cremnobates) . 



4. Mexican Big-Horn (Ovis mexieanus). 



5. Black Mountain Sheep {0. slonci). 



6. Fannin's Mountain Sheep [(). dalli fannini). 



7. White Mountain Sheep {(>. dalli). _ 



8. Kenai White Sheep (0. dalli kenaiensis). 



of the argali are the grea I - 

 est in size and weight, and 

 those of Marco Polo's sheep 

 have the widest spread. 



C. it. Euge 



Seven species of mountain sheep are round in North 

 America, of which five have been described since L883. They 

 are scattered from the northern slates of Mexico through the 



