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	Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
		The Rocky Mountain bighorns are in the class Mammalia (mammals).
		Bighorns prefer to live in the wilderness areas because they are well away from people.
		Bighorns spend their summers high up in the mountains and then when winter snow comes, they move down into the valleys.
	lsb.syr.edu /projects/cyberzoo/bighornsheep.html (541 words)

	AllRefer.com - sheep (Agriculture: Animals) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Among those species are the Asian argali, the Barbary sheep, or aoudad, of North Africa, and the North American bighorn, or Rocky Mountain sheep, found from Alaska to Mexico.
		The present-day breeds of domesticated sheep : which vary greatly because they were developed for different purposes and environments : are all thought to be derived chiefly from the wild mouflon of Sardinia and Corsica and from the urial of Asia.
		Sheep are bred for their wool, meat (mutton or lamb, according to age), skins, and, in certain parts of Europe and the Middle East, their milk, from which cheese is made.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/sheep.html (396 words)

	Bovid -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is notable that many of the commonly domesticated bovid species—goats, sheep, water buffalo, the Yak—are of Asian origin: it is believed that the Asian bovids had less fear of humans and were more docile.
		The small number of modern American bovids are relatively recent arrivals over the (additional info and facts about Bering Land Bridge) Bering Land Bridge.
		This left a number of ecological niches vacant, and the ancestors of the modern (Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains) American Bison, (Sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America) Mountain Goat and (additional info and facts about American Bighorn Sheep) American Bighorn Sheep moved in to occupy them.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bo/bovid.htm (753 words)

	Goat antelope
		The domestic sheep and domestic goat are both part of the goat antelope group, and the group itself is part of the family Bovidae, which in other branches contains the antelopes and domestic cattle.
		The goat antelope or caprid group is known from as early as the Miocene, but did not reach its greatest diversity until the recent ice ages, when many of its members became specialised for marginal, often extreme, environments: mountains, deserts, and the sub-Arctic region.
		The ancestors of the modern sheep and goats (both rather vague and ill-defined terms) are thought to have moved into mountainous regions: sheep becoming specialised occupants of the foothills and nearby plains, and relying on flight and clumping for defence against predators; goats adapting to very steep terrain where predators are at a disadvantage.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/g/go/goat_antelope.html (522 words)

	Snow sheep, Siberian bighorn sheep
		The horns, found in both sexes, are considerably lighter than those of the related Bighorn sheep, with up to 35% less horn substance.
		The snow sheep is a well adapted mountain dweller - extremely agile and nimble, and able to move quickly over steep, uneven terrain.
		More closely allied to the North American sheep than the Asian or European sheep, the snow sheep is thought to have evolved in the Americas, diverging from the two American sheep via a movement across the then-existent Bering land bridge.
	www.ultimateungulate.com /Artiodactyla/Ovis_nivicola.html (446 words)

	ESPN Outdoors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The male Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep has a muscular body with a thick neck and massive horns that curl close to the head, back over the ears and around below the cheeks, tapering at the end.
		The bighorn sheep ram has white on the belly, back of the front legs, inside of hind legs and the groin.
		The bighorn sheep lives near rocky cliffs, on mountain ridges, alpine meadows and foothills.
	www.espn.go.com /outdoors/general/s/g_enc_rockymount_bighorn_sheep.html (165 words)

	Exhibits at the Conner Museum
		The table gives visitors an up-close look at furs, skulls, teeth, horns and antlers.
		Our Bighorn exhibit is the centerpiece of the East Gallery: four races of North American Bighorn Sheep.
		It is a breathtaking full-size display donated by the late Rocky Crate.
	www.sci.wsu.edu /cm/exhibits.html (380 words)

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