Ovis

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

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.

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