Bighorn sheep Temporal range: 0.7–0 Ma PreЄЄOSDCPTJKPgN ↓ Early Pleistocene – recent New Mexico Bighorn Sheep.JPG Male ram, Wheeler Peak, New Mexico Bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis.JPG Female ewe, Greater Vancouver Zoo Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3.1[1] Scientific classification edit Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Caprinae Genus: Ovis Species: O. canadensis Binomial name Ovis canadensis Shaw, 1804 Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis distribution map topo 2 Bighorn sheep range[2][3] Synonyms O. cervina Desmarest O. montana Cuvier[4] The bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis[5] is a species of sheep native to North America[6] named for its large horns. These horns can weigh up to 14 kg 30 lb, while the sheep themselves weigh up to 140 kg 300 lb.[7] Recent genetic testing indicates three distinct subspecies of Ovis canadensis,

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