All 8 Wild Sheep Species (Including 2 Controversial)

Explore all 8 wild sheep species including all 6 members in the Ovis genus and two other closely related animals. Chapters 0:00 Thinhorn sheep 1:42 Bighorn sheep 3:12 Barbary sheep 4:48 Mouflon 6:10 Urial 7:02 Bharal / Himalayan blue sheep 8:02 Argali 8:58 Snow sheep More rabbit holes to dive into! Relatives: https://tbtrvl.com/relatives Parks: https://tbtrvl.com/parks Most Popular: https://tbtrvl.com/popular Newest Videos: https://tbtrvl.com/newest Creative Commons Attribution Photos Sierra Nevada Bighorn sheep - California Department of Fish and Wildlife Pine Creek Sierra Nevada Ewes - Steve Yaeger & CDFW Asiatic mouflon in Qom, Iran - Moosa Mazinanian Anatolian Mouflon in Bijar, Iran - Amin Ghaffari Argali in Kosh-Agachskiy, Mongolia - Rayon Siburhan Mongolian Argali in Kosh-Agachskiy - Rayon Andrewbazdyrev Urial in Jajarm, Iran Moosa Mazinanian Maps Satellite Imagery - NASA Thinhorn sheep - Government of British Columbia Bighorn sheep - Whiting et al 2023 Aoudad - Wright et al 2022 Mouflon, Urial & Snow sheep - Christophe cagé Bharal - 蕭漫 Argali subspecies - Altaileopard Editorial Attribution Snow sheep stamp - Olga Popova/shutterstock.com Media & Attribution Unless stated above, all still images are used under license from Shutterstock.com. Thank you to everyone who makes their work available for use. Covering all of the wonderful species in these videos would not be possible without your incredible work. Sources & Further Reading Listed below are the sources used to create the video. Thinhorn sheep https://www.ualberta.ca/science/news/2016/june/dna-analysis-rewrites-the-story-of-thinhorn-sheep-during-the-last-ice-age.html https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ovis_dalli/ https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=dallsheep.main https://yukonwildlife.ca/wildlife/thinhorn-sheep/11-20-thinhorn-mountain-sheep/ https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/plants-animals-ecosystems/wildlife/wildlife-conservation/wild-sheep-and-mountain-goat/thinhorn-sheep Bighorn sheep https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/sierra-nevada-bighorn-sheep-deaths-winter-california-snow-mountain-lion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bighorn_sheep https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Bighorn-Sheep/Desert/Peninsular/Behavior https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/bighorn-sheep https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Bighorn-Sheep/Sierra-Nevada/Recovery-Program/Sheep-Facts Aoudad / Barbary sheep https://www.britannica.com/animal/aoudad https://www.dudleyzoo.org.uk/animal/sheep-barbary/ https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200767 https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/big-bend-ranch/bighorn https://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Ammotragus_lervia.html References to Ventral Mane terminology https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ammotragus_lervia/ https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_w7000_0206.pdf https://www.pronkjag.com/hunting-barbary-sheep-in-south-africa.html Mouflon https://gsejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12711-020-00545-7 https://www.raisingsheep.net/largest-sheep-breed https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.71353 https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/54940218/22147055 Urial https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/urial https://www.britannica.com/animal/urial https://www.nathab.com/know-before-you-go/asia-the-pacific/snow-leopards-himalayas/wildlife-guide/urial/ Bharal / Himalayan blue sheep https://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Pseudois_nayaur.html https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/where-do-snow-leopards-live-and-nine-other-snow-leopard-facts https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pseudois_nayaur/ Argali https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/decades-long-effort-protect-worlds-largest-sheep-180972029/ https://www.britannica.com/animal/argali https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ovis_ammon/ Snow sheep https://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Ovis_nivicola.html https://www.britannica.com/animal/snow-sheep https://sierrabighorn.org/natural-history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_sheep About Textbook Travel: Exploring interesting topics and places. Educational content about the most fascinating elements of our planet and the study surrounding them. Current content includes: Current content: Relatives – a series exploring the most fascinating families in the animal kingdom Wildlife Enthusiast's Guide – a series exploring the wildlife in the world's most spectacular countries There is currently no upload schedule so please consider turning on all notifications to be notified when a new video is released. Thanks! Subscribe: https://tbtrvl.com/subscribe Website: https://www.textbooktravel.com #textbooktravel #animals #sheep