Ovis nivicola Eschscholtz 1829

Ovis nivicola Eschscholtz 1829, Zool. Atlas, Part 1: 1.

Type Locality: "den Bergen der Halbinsel Kamtschatka " (Russia, E Kamchatka).

Vernacular Names: Snow Sheep.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Ovis nivicola subsp. nivicola Eschscholtz 1829

Subspecies Ovis nivicola subsp. borealis Severtzov 1872

Subspecies Ovis nivicola subsp. kodarensis Medvedev 1994

Subspecies Ovis nivicola subsp. koriakorum Chernyavskii 1962

Distribution: Russia (Putorana Mtns, NC Siberia; NE Siberia from Lena River east to Chukotka and Kamchatka).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as O. n. borealis, Lower Risk (nt) as O. n. nivicola; Lower Risk (lc) as O. n. alleni and O. n. lydekkeri.

Discussion: Corbet (1978 c:218) and others included nivicola in canadensis; but see Korobitsyna et al. (1974) and Gromov and Baranova (1981:407). Subspecies reviewed by Heptner et al. (1961) and Valdez (1982) whose synonymy is followed here.