Ovis

Ovis is a genus of the subfamily Caprinae, of the family Bovidae. The wild sheep and domestic sheep and other animals like it belong to this genus. There are 5 or more animals in this genus.

Ovis
Bighorn Sheep
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Caprinae
Genus:	Ovis Linnaeus, 1758

Sheep in Patagonia, Argentina

Taxonomy

• Genus Ovis
  • Ovis orientalis group
    • Ovis orientalis
      • Mouflon (Ovis orientalis orientalis group)
        • Domestic sheep (Ovis aries or Ovis orientalis aries)
      • Urial (Ovis orientalis vignei group)
    • Argali or mountain sheep (Ovis ammon)
  • Ovis canadensis group
    • Snow sheep (Ovis nivicola)
    • Thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli)
      • Dall sheep (Ovis dalli dalli)
      • Stone sheep (Ovis dalli stonei)
    • Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)

These are the main species of ovis.

	Ovis ammon	Argali
	Ovis orientalis aries[1]	Domestic sheep
	Orientalis orientalis orientalis group	Mouflon
	Ovis orientalis vignei group	Urial
	Ovis canadensis	Bighorn sheep
	Ovis dalli	Thinhorn sheep
	Ovis nivicola	Snow sheep