Ovis canadensis (ungulate)

Mass: 55 kg based on Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996

Abundance: 0.03 to 21.82% (median 2.21%)

Latitudinal range: 30.2° to 49.6°

Habitats: (14), desert/xeric shrubland (1)

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Found in 15 samples

Canada: DjPp-8 (level A) (Holocene), DjPp-8 (level B) (Holocene)

Mexico: La Playa (Holocene)

United States: Crystal Ball Cave (Late Pleistocene), Haystack Cave (upper levels) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Haystack Cave (lower levels) (Late Pleistocene), North Creek Shelter (Paleoarchaic) (Holocene), North Creek Shelter (Early Archaic) (Holocene), Mosquito Willie (Holocene), Helen Lookingbill (Holocene), Dead Indian Creek (Holocene), Baker Village (Holocene), Mescal Cave (Pleistocene - Holocene), Pintwater Cave (Unit 3, level 8) (Late Pleistocene), Mojave Desert

Size measurements:
♀ body mass44000 kgN = 73Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996
♀ body mass49100 kgN = 53Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996
♀ body mass51600 kgN = 34Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996
♀ body mass54300 kgN = 26Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996
♀ body mass56300 kgN = 16Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996
♀ body mass60900 kgN = 12Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996
♀ body mass63800 kgN = 4Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996
♂ body mass51700 kgN = 54Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996
♂ body mass67900 kgN = 28Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996
♂ body mass77100 kgN = 20Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996
♂ body mass86400 kgN = 17Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996
♂ body mass91100 kgN = 8Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996
♂ body mass87100 kgN = 6Fest-Bianchet et al. 1996

See also Ovis, Ovis ammon, Ovis aries, Ovis dalli, Ovis gmelini, Ovis nivicola, Ovis sp., Ovis vignei