Desert bighorn sheep, male ram and female ewe, Ovis canadensis nelsoni

Desert bighorn sheep, male ram and female ewe. The desert bighorn sheep occupies dry, rocky mountain ranges in the Mojave and Sonoran desert regions of California, Nevada and Mexico. The desert bighorn sheep is highly endangered in the United States, having a population of only about 4000 individuals, and is under survival pressure due to habitat loss, disease, over-hunting, competition with livestock, and human encroachment., Ovis canadensis nelsoni, natural history stock photograph, photo id 14656
Desert bighorn sheep, male ram and female ewe. The desert bighorn sheep occupies dry, rocky mountain ranges in the Mojave and Sonoran desert regions of California, Nevada and Mexico. The desert bighorn sheep is highly endangered in the United States, having a population of only about 4000 individuals, and is under survival pressure due to habitat loss, disease, over-hunting, competition with livestock, and human encroachment.

Species: Desert bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis nelsoni
Image ID: 14656
Format: Digital 2:3
Keywords: animal, animalia, artiodactyla, bighorn sheep, bovidae, canadensis, caprinae, chordata, creature, desert bighorn sheep, endangered, mammal, nature, nelsoni, ovis, ovis canadensis nelsoni, peninsular bighorn sheep, vertebrata, vertebrate, wildlife
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