MOUNTAIN SHEEP IN NORTH AMERICA 
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DISTRIBUTION OF MOUNTAIN 
SHEEP IN NORTH AMERICA IN 
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actual observations. 
. Big-Horn Sheep (Ovis canadensis). 
. Nelson’s Big-Horn (0. canadensis nelsoni) 
and Sierra Big-Horn (0. canadensis sierrae). 
. Lower California Big-Horn (0. canadensis 
cremnobates). 
. Mexican Big-Horn (Ovis mezicanus). 
Black Mountain Sheep (0. stone). bes 
Fannin’s Mountain Sheep (0. dalli fannini). 
. White Mountain Sheep (0. dalli). 
. Kenai White Sheep (0. dalli kenaiensis). 
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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 
