Ovis nivicola

von Eschscholtz, 1829

Snow Sheep

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Caprini
Genus : Ovis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Zool. Atlas, Part 1, p. 1, pl. 1

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56520087

Original name as described

Ovis nivicola

Other common names

Siberian Bighorn Sheep · Putoran Snow Sheep

Type material

ZIN O. 2082

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Kamchatka Peninsula.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006208

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Ovis storcki

J. A. Allen, 1904

Family

Bovidae

Root name

storcki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-22689

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-22689

Authority page

293

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis borealis lydekkeri

Kowarzik, 1913

Family

Bovidae

Root name

lydekkeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.4.26.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bb8f0d1d-9993-4804-aeb5-c49a53c464e6 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d3c7bcdc-e9ee-4b35-9f9f-04e44e80b8ac

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30127103

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis nivicola lydekkeri forma albula

Nasonov, 1924

Family

Bovidae

Root name

albula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

varietyorform

Type

ZIN O. 12000, ZIN S. 28119

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

133

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis nivicola lydekkeri forma obscura

Nasonov, 1924

Family

Bovidae

Root name

obscura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

varietyorform

Type

ZIN O. 12021, ZIN S. 14400

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

133

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis nivicola potanini

Nasonov, 1915

Family

Bovidae

Root name

potanini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 12032, ZIN S. 14421

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1599

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des sciences de St-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis nivicola

von Eschscholtz, 1829

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nivicola

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 2082

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

1, pl. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56520087

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Lesson (1842:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  7. Groves & Grubb (2011:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15740/5076357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ovis borealis

Severtzov, 1872

Family

Bovidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

ZIN O. 2130

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

153

Authority publication

Mem. Sect. Zool. Amis. Sci. Nat. Moscou

Ovis nivicola koriakorum

Chernyavskiy, 1962

Family

Bovidae

Root name

koriakorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 27220, ZIN S. 45270

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1174

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Ovis canadensis nivicola

Lydekker, 1898

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nivicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370199

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1898:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  2. Ward (1910:396, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Lydekker (1913:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Ovis canadensis borealis

J. R. Ward, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

397

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016040

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ward (1910:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  2. Lydekker (1913:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Ovis ammon storcki

J. R. Ward, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

storcki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

398

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016041

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ward (1910:398, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  2. Lydekker (1913:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Ovis canadensis alleni

Lydekker, 1913

Family

Bovidae

Root name

alleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771809

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Lydekker (1913:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Ovis nivicola borealis

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Ovis nivicola nivicola

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nivicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Ovis nivicola lydekkeri

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Bovidae

Root name

lydekkeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

693

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Aegoceros (Ovis) montanus

(von Middendorff, 1853)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37054621

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Ovis alleni

Matschie, 1907

Family

Bovidae

Root name

alleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

236

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis lenaensis

Kowarzik, 1913

Family

Bovidae

Root name

lenaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Petermann's Mittheilungen

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis middendorfi

Kowarzik, 1913

Family

Bovidae

Root name

middendorfi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30127103

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis nivicola kodarensis

Medvedev, 1994

Family

Bovidae

Root name

kodarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

37-38

Authority publication

Irkutsk

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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