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Bighorn Sheep

Educational resources on Bighorn Sheep

Bighorn Sheep or Ovis canadensis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Conservation Dependent . IUCN Profile of the Bighorn Sheep

Academic web links for the Bighorn Sheep.


Mountain Sheep (Ovis canadensis): Recent introductions of mountain sheep (or "bighorn sheep") in the Sierra Diablo, Van Horn Mountains, Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area, and Baylor ...
http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/oviscana.htm

Bighorn Sheep: BIGHORN SHEEP (Ovis canadensis). Description The Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep is most notably distinquished by its large curved horns. ...
http://www.northern.edu/natsource/MAMMALS/Bighor1.htm

Sevilleta LTER : Data : Species : Mammal : Bighorn Sheep: Data : Species : Mammal : Bighorn Sheep - Ovis canadensis. Physical Characteristics. "Rams: 5 1/4 - 6' (160 - 185 cm) long. Ewes: 4 ...
http://sevilleta.unm.edu/data/species/mammal/sevilleta/profile/bighorn-sheep.html

ADW: Ovis canadensis: Information: Ovis canadensis (bighorn sheep). ... The availability of escape territory in the form of rocky cliffs is important to bighorn sheep survival. ...
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/ovis/o._canadensis

Bighorn Sheep Resource Page: Bighorn Sheep Resources. Bighorn Sheep from U of Michigan, Desert Bighorn Sheep(desert USA). Pictures of Bighorn sheep, Bighorn Sheep info (Canada). ...
http://www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/mountain_environments/resources/sheep.html

Bighorn Sheep Activity: Unit 1 -- Bighorn Sheep. ... A. Ecological Literature Review. The first part of this assignment is to conduct an information search on Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep. ...
http://www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/mountain_environments/expert/bighornsheep.html

Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis): Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis). DESCRIPTION: Wt. up to about 300 lbs (140 kg) in males and up to about 200 lbs (90 kg) in females. ...
http://wc.pima.edu/Bfiero/tucsonecology/animals/mamm_bish.htm

Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep: Food Web. Environmental Change in Habitat. References. Adrain, Mary. The North American Bighorn Sheep. NewYork: Hastings House Publishing, 1966. ...
http://lsb.syr.edu/projects/cyberzoo/bighornsheep.html

02.10.2004 - Bighorn sheep threatened by climate change, finds new ...: UC Berkeley Press Release. A desert bighorn sheep in the Old Woman Mountains of the Mojave Desert. ... Bighorn sheep threatened by climate change, finds new study. ...
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/02/10_sheep.shtml







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