Records and Facts of the Bighorn Sheep

1. The bighorn sheep originates in Siberia. It reached North America 100,000 years ago. Sheep's genus, Ovis, has common origin with the goat's genus, Capra. 20,000 years ago, in the southern Rocky Mountains lived Ovis catclawensis, a ship 12-20 % longer than the bighorn (Ovis canade... [ read more >> ]