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a more Standard (and shrimpless) species choice from me is bighorn sheep. ingo ungulate

Ovis canadensis “Bighorn Sheep” Bovidae, male, 3 years oldWild Horse Island, Flathead Lake, MTSeptem

Ovis canadensis “Bighorn Sheep” Bovidae, male, 3 years old

Wild Horse Island, Flathead Lake, MT
September 27, 1961
col. Wesley Woodgerd (photo Robert Niese)

Bighorn Sheep were first transplanted to Wild Horse Island in 1939 and, from a herd of only 8 breeding adults, the population grew to be more than 200 strong. By the 60s and 70s, when Wesley Woodgerd was studying their herds, the maximum number of sheep recorded on the island at one time exceeded 240 individuals. This deformed young male was born around a time when the herd was likely suffering greatly from inbreeding depression which may have contributed to its odd schnoz. Alternatively, without any predators on the island, perhaps this individual was injured at a young age and managed to survive and develop this malformity from its wounds. Learn more about the Wild Horse Island Bighorn Sheep here.


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Final and colour rough for these Bighorn Sheep. Final and colour rough for these Bighorn Sheep. 

Final and colour rough for these Bighorn Sheep. 


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I realize it has been quite a long time since I last posted, but I was a little busy graduating coll

I realize it has beenquite a long time since I last posted, but I was a little busy graduating college! Yes. Gosh. …Anyways, this is a bighorn sheep skull (Ovis canadensis) surrounded by Canadian Thistle (Cirsium arvense), because wordplay is my favorite.


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Bovidae (Antelopes, Cattle, and Goat-Antelopes)*couldn’t find a consistent reference for the mouflonBovidae (Antelopes, Cattle, and Goat-Antelopes)*couldn’t find a consistent reference for the mouflonBovidae (Antelopes, Cattle, and Goat-Antelopes)*couldn’t find a consistent reference for the mouflon

Bovidae (Antelopes, Cattle, and Goat-Antelopes)

*couldn’t find a consistent reference for the mouflon’s specific range, most likely due to sharing a name with a feral subspecies of domestic sheep, the european mouflon. true mouflon are native to the caspian region

*not every single recognized species and subspecies is  represented because some i could find zero information on, let alone pictures.

*common names are taken from the IUCN red list if applicable and iNaturalist (and very rarely wikipedia)


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