bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) Author
English: Game and Fur-Bearing Animals Canada. Commission of Conservation. Committee on Fisheries
Description
English: Big-horn Sheep in Rocky Mountains Park, close to Banff
Subject: Bighorn sheep
Geographic Subject: Canada--Alberta--Rocky Mountains Park
Tag: Wildlife
Date 1916
Source/Photographer
English: Canada. Commission of Conservation. Committee on Fisheries, Game and Fur-Bearing Animals (1916) Conservation of Fish, Birds and Game : Proceedings at a Meeting of the Committee, November 1 and 2, 1915, Toronto, Ontario: Methodist Book and Publishing House
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_35852_Big-horn_Sheep_in_Rocky_Mountains_Park,_close_to_Banff.jpeg
The bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) is a species of sheep native to North America named for its large horns. Bighorn sheep are named for the large, curved horns borne by the rams (males). Ewes (females) also have horns, but they are shorter with less curvature.