MOUNTAIN SHEEP IN NORTH AMERICA 



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 (Ovis canadensis). 



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



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



3. Lower California Big-Horn (0. canadensis 



cremnobates) . 



4. Mexican Big-Horn (Ovis mexicanus). 



5. Black Mountain Sheep (0. stonei). 



6. Fannin's Mountain Sheep (0. dalli fannini). 



7. White Mountain Sheep (0. dalli). 



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



of the argali are the great- 

 est in size and weight, and 

 those of Marco Polo's sheep 

 have the widest spread. 



Seven species of mountain sheep are found in North 

 America, of which five have been described since 1883. They 

 are scattered from the northern states of Mexico through the 



