bighorn sheep

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a sheep, Ovis canadensis, found in the western mountains.

Quotations

1888

And here I have seen the wild goat upon the mountains, and my party have killed the big horn sheep. . . .

1964

Waterton Lakes National Parks officials have weighed, measured and marked 30 Rocky Mountain and Bighorn sheep this spring... .