#0430 · 🦊 mammals

Thinhorn Sheep

🇳🇱 Dalls Schaap ·Ovis dalli

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The thinhorn sheep ( Ovis dalli ) is a species of sheep native to northwestern North America, ranging from white to slate brown in colour and having curved, yellowish-brown horns. The two subspecies are the nominate Dall sheep or Dall's sheep and the more southern subspecies, Stone sheep (also spelled Stone's sheep) ( O. d. stonei ), which is a slate brown with some white patches on the rump and inside the hind legs.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,571iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,571 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward William Nelson in 1884 (142 years ago).