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Desert bighorn sheep

Mammals

The desert bighorn sheep is a subspecies of bighorn sheep native to the deserts of the United States Intermountain West and southwestern regions, as well as northwestern Mexico. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has classified the subspecies as sensitive to extinction. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Ovis canadensis nelsoni 3
Conservation Status
Extinct 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Bovidae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Desert bighorn sheep

In Biome

Desert, Biomes
Source Wikidata: Desert bighorn sheep
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Desert bighorn sheep (Wikipedia)
  • Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
    he U.S. Bureau of Land Management has classified the subspecies as sensitive to extinction.
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    The desert bighorn sheep is a subspecies of bighorn sheep native to the deserts of the United States Intermountain West and southwestern regions, as well as northwestern Mexico.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. Wikipedia: Desert bighorn sheep
WikipediaWikidata Q1107889 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
Wikidata: Desert bighorn sheep
  • Child Taxon Of: Bovidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
  • In Biome: Desert, Introduction
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