snow sheep
Also known as Ovis nivicola
species of mammal
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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The snow sheep (Ovis nivicola), or Siberian bighorn sheep, is a species of sheep from the mountainous areas in the northeast of Siberia. One subspecies, the Putorana snow sheep (Ovis nivicola borealis), lives isolated from the other forms in the Putoran Mountains.
Subspecies