Pseudois nayaur

(Hodgson, 1833)

Blue Sheep

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Asiat. Res., 18(2), 135

Original name as described

Ovis nayaur

Other common names

Bharal · Chinese Blue Sheep · Himalayan Blue Sheep · Tibetan Blue Sheep · Greater Blue Sheep · Lesser Blue Sheep · Dwarf Bharal · Sichuan Blue Sheep

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.122, BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.26.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/414f3ee3-1623-4f3e-9e14-d07543509528 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6ff470b1-38f9-480c-9534-8b4bbdc145bd

Type locality

Himalayas, subsequently restricted to the Tibetan frontier of Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

includes schaeferi

Taxonomy notes citation

Tan, S., Zou, D., Tang, L., Wang, G., Peng, Q., Zeng, B., ... & Zou, F. (2012). Molecular evidence for the subspecific differentiation of blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) and polyphyletic origin of dwarf blue sheep (Pseudois schaeferi). Genetica, 140(4-6), 159-167.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006211

Country distribution map

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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 nayaur

(Hodgson, 1833)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nayaur

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.122, BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.26.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/414f3ee3-1623-4f3e-9e14-d07543509528 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6ff470b1-38f9-480c-9534-8b4bbdc145bd

Authority page

135

Authority publication

Asiatic Researches

Pseudoïs nahoor szechuanensis

W. Rothschild, 1922

Family

Bovidae

Root name

szechuanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.11.1.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/39cac9ff-716e-4aab-84bd-1147166facda

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253109

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Ovis Burrhel

(E. Blyth, 1840)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

burrhel

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:668u

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/345f37ac-cbdc-45de-b975-5298b027cc6c

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571448

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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

Pseudois nayaur caesia

A. B. Howell, 1928

Family

Bovidae

Root name

caesius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:240683

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37341d80a-e002-42e3-91e4-23f5e28272e9

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645553

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Pseudois Nahoor

J. E. Gray, 1850

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nahoor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595024

Authority publication

Knowsley

Name usages

  1. Gray (1850:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  2. Gray (1852:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  3. Gray (1872:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  4. Lydekker (1913:126, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)

Pseudois nayaur

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nayaur

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

127

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  6. Groves & Grubb (2011:223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #61513537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #61513537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61513537/64313015) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pseudois schaeferi

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Bovidae

Root name

schaeferi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

341

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  5. Groves & Grubb (2011:223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)

Pseudois nayaur szechuanensis

O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006

Family

Bovidae

Root name

szechuanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

656

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Pseudois nayaur nayaur

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nayaur

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

480

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Ovis Náhoǒr

(Hodgson, 1835)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nahoor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568450

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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

Ovis Náhur

(Hodgson, 1841)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nahur

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

218

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126982

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Ovis Nahura

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nahura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729897

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Lydekker (1898:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  3. Ward (1910:387, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ovis barhal

(Hodgson, 1846)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

barhal

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

342

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40122887

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Ovis burhel

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

burhel

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

13

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Ovis nahur

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nahur

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

13

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

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