Ovis nivicola

von Eschscholtz, 1829

Snow Sheep

Side view, male, resting on ground
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Location:USA, CA, San Diego Co., San Diego ZooDate taken:Jan 1, 1994

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1363

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Bovoidea
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Caprini
Genus : Ovis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Eschscholtz, J.F. von. 1829. Zoologischer Atlas, enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, wahrend des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt, auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kriegsschlupp Prediaetië in den Jahren 1823–1826 beobachtet. Erstes Heft. G. Reimer, Berlin, 15 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56520087

Original name as described

Ovis nivicola

Other common names

Siberian Bighorn Sheep · Putoran Snow Sheep

Type material

ZIN O. 2082

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Kamchatka Peninsula.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006208

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 20 names and synonyms.

Ovis nivicola

von Eschscholtz, 1829

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nivicola

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 2082

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56520087

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Eschscholtz (1829:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56520087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68785)
  2. Smith (1842:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  3. Lesson (1842:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Murray (1866:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Jerdon (1867:299, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  6. Severtsov (1873:85, 153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  7. Severtsov (1873:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  8. Trouessart (1905:742, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1980:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  10. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1991:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  12. Grubb (1993:409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  13. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  14. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  15. Groves & Grubb (2011:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  19. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15740/5076357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Aegoceros (Ovis) montanus

(von Middendorff, 1853)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37054621

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Radde (1861:686, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  2. Radde (1862:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)

Ovis borealis

Severtzov, 1873

Family

Bovidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

ZIN O. 2130

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

153

Authority publication

Известия Императорского Общества Любителей Естествознания

Name usages

  1. Severtsov (1873:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  2. Trouessart (1905:742, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Ovis canadensis nivicola

Lydekker, 1898

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nivicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370199

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1898:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  2. Ward (1910:396, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Lydekker (1913:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Ovis storcki

J. A. Allen, 1904

Family

Bovidae

Root name

storcki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-22689

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-22689

Authority page

293

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis alleni

Matschie, 1907

Family

Bovidae

Root name

alleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

236

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis canadensis borealis

J. R. Ward, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

397

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016040

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ward (1910:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  2. Lydekker (1913:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Ovis ammon storcki

J. R. Ward, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

storcki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

398

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016041

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ward (1910:398, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  2. Lydekker (1913:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Ovis canadensis alleni

Lydekker, 1913

Family

Bovidae

Root name

alleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771809

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Lydekker (1913:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Ovis lenaensis

R. Kowarzik, 1913

Family

Bovidae

Root name

lenaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Petermann's Mittheilungen

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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