bighorn sheep
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Summary
bighorn sheep is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.37% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,376 views/month, #729 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Ovis[5]
- Taxon name: Ovis canadensis[6]
- Commons category: Ovis canadensis[7]
- Start time: -700000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ovis canadensis[9]
- Commons gallery: Ovis canadensis[10]
- Short name: O. canadensis[11]
- Taxon common name: Bighorn sheep[12], Borrego Cimarrón[13], Carnero Del Canadá[14], Carnero Salvaje[15], Mouflon D'Amérique[16], Mouflon Du Canada[17], Mouflon Pachycère[18], Mountain Sheep[19], American Bighorn[20], Dickhornschaf[21], owca kanadyjska[22], pecora delle Montagne Rocciose[23], tjockhornsfår[24], Tykhornsfår[25]
- Gestation period: 175 day[26]
- Longest observed lifespan: 20.6 years[27]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[28]
- CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[29]
- Digital Atlas of Idaho URL: https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/bio/mammal/Hoofed/bish/bishfrm.htm[30]
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Identifiers
bighorn sheep's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42391[31]. bighorn sheep's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37174[32]. bighorn sheep's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328658[33]. bighorn sheep's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441119[34]. bighorn sheep's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180711[35].
Discovery and Description
Things named for bighorn sheep include Big Horn County[36], a county of Montana[37], in United States[38], founded in 1913[39] and Koip Peak[40], a mountain[41], in United States[42].
Why It Matters
bighorn sheep has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for it include Big Horn County[36], a county of Montana[37], in United States[38], founded in 1913[39] and Koip Peak[40], a mountain[41], in United States[42].