Ovis nivicola Eschscholtz 1829

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 710

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scientific name	Ovis nivicola Eschscholtz 1829
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Ovis nivicola Eschscholtz 1829 , Zool. Atlas, Part 1: 1.

Type Locality: "den Bergen der Halbinsel Kamtschatka " ( Russia, E Kamchatka).

Vernacular Names: Snow Sheep.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Ovis nivicola subsp. nivicola Eschscholtz 1829

Subspecies Ovis nivicola subsp. borealis Severtzov 1872

Subspecies Ovis nivicola subsp. kodarensis Medvedev 1994

Subspecies Ovis nivicola subsp. koriakorum Chernyavskii 1962

Distribution: Russia (Putorana Mtns, NC Siberia; NE Siberia from Lena River east to Chukotka and Kamchatka).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as O. n. borealis , Lower Risk (nt) as O. n. nivicola ; Lower Risk (lc) as O. n. alleni and O. n. lydekkeri.

Discussion: Corbet (1978 c:218) and others included nivicola in canadensis ; but see Korobitsyna et al. (1974) and Gromov and Baranova (1981:407). Subspecies reviewed by Heptner et al. (1961) and Valdez (1982) whose synonymy is followed here.