5472 x 3648 px | 46,3 x 30,9 cm | 18,2 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
29 juin 2017
Lieu:
Kananaskis, AB, Canada
Informations supplémentaires:
The mountain sheep is a highly successful, medium-sized, even-toed mammal (see Artiodactyla) of the cattle family (Bovidae), genus Ovis. It comprises some 37 races in Eurasia and southern North America. Sheep colonized North America during the last Ice Age but remained rare until after the extinction of many large American mammals, about 11 000 years ago. In Canada 2 species, each with 2 races, are recognized. Bighorns (O. canadensis) include the California bighorn in the arid ranges of south-central BC and the larger Rocky Mountain bighorn in the Canadian Rockies. Thinhorn or Dall's sheep (O. dalli) occur in the territories and in northern BC. One race, black Stone's sheep (O.d. stonei), is confined to Canada. Many sheep are glacier followers, doing best in cool, dry, sunny mountains within sight of snowfields and glaciers
