Bighorn Sheep
Related Links
- California Wildlife Habitat Relationships System
- Wild Sheep Foundation
- Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (RMNP)
- Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Society
- Desert Bighorn Sheep (Joshua Tree)
- Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep
- Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Foundation
- California Chapter Wild Sheep Foundation
- Bighorn Institute
- Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society
- Nevada Bighorns Unlimited
Bighorn Sheep
Bighorn Sheep on Sand Mountain (2008)
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetartiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Scientific Name (Genus species): Ovis canadensis
Size
Length: 5 feet
Height: 2 ½ – 3 ¼ feet (at shoulders)
Weight: Adult Male (Ram) 120 – 220 pounds;
Adult Female (Ewe) 100 – 155 pounds
Life Span
Rams 10 – 13 years maximum; Ewes 12 – 20 years maximum