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Dall sheep

[< W. H. Dall, 1845-1927, Alaska naturalist]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the white sheep, Ovis dalli, of the mountains of the Northwest.

See: Dall,white buffalo(def. 2),White Dall sheep,white sheep(def. 2)

Quotations

1908

[Dall's Mountain Sheep: It is probably this recently-determined variety or species of wild sheep which inhabits the Rocky Mountains of the lower Mackenzie River to the Arctic coast, while the true Bighorn . . . exists in the ranges to the south.]

1958

The white or "Dall" sheep occur in northern British Columbia, the Yukon and Northwest Territories, and the grey or "Stone" sheep occur in British Columbia.

1966

We are speaking of a harvest of one dall sheep, one bear, etc. per thousand square miles.