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Snow Sheep

Ovis nivicola

Classification

Family
Bovidae

The snow sheep (Ovis nivicola), or Siberian bighorn sheep, is a species of sheep from the mountainous areas in the northeast of Siberia. One subspecies, the Putorana snow sheep (Ovis nivicola borealis), lives isolated from the other forms in the Putoran Mountains. Subspecies Kolyma snow sheep, O.

Distribution

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