Snow sheep
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The snow sheep (Ovis nivicola) is a species of sheep, which comes from the northeast of Siberia. It lives primarily on mountains, especially on the Putoran mountains. It is very similar to the North American Bighorn Sheep, and some zoologists consider it a subspecies of this sheep.
[edit] References
- Caprinae Specialist Group (1996). Ovis nivicola. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006.
- This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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