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| Historical and nomenclatorial notes on North American sheep. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 31, article 1. |
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| Title: | Historical and nomenclatorial notes on North American sheep. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 31, article 1. |
| Other Titles: | Notes on North American sheep |
| Authors: | Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921. |
| Issue Date: | 1912 |
| Publisher: | New York : Published by order of the Trustees, American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 31, article 1. |
| Description: | 29 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Discovery of wild sheep in Canada in 1800 by Duncan McGillivray -- McGillivray's account of the species and Savage's drawing of the original specimen -- Geoffroy's 'Belier de montagne' -- Ovis cervina Desmarest -- Ovis canadensis Shaw -- Ovis montana Cuvier, and revival of the names Ovis cervina and Ovis canadensis to replace Ovis montana -- Collation of Shaw and Nodder's 'Naturalist's miscellany' -- Other early references to the Rocky Mountain sheep of North America -- The taye of "California" -- Ovis californianus Douglas -- The northern group of mountain sheep -- Synonymic list of North American sheep, with their type localities and ranges. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1793 |
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