Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Synonyms: Ovis guineensis Linnaeus 1758, Ovis strepsiceros Linnaeus 1758
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Ovis according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 1999
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Hay 1902, Linnaeus 1758 and Thomas 1911
Sister taxa: Ovis canadensis, Ovis dalli, Ovis dorshi, Ovis europea, Ovis mamillaris, Ovis nivicola, Ovis orientalis, Ovis shantungensis, Ovis sheldoni, Ovis vignei
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (2), Kenya (3), Libya (1), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (3), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (13)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)
Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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