BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Ovis dalli stonei
Stone's Sheep
| Scientific Name: | Ovis dalli stonei J.A. Allen, 1897 | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Stone's Sheep | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Hall, E. R. 1981a. The Mammals of North America, second edition. Vols. I & II. John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York. 1181 pp. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Subspecies | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy Comments: | Recent revisions of the boundaries of subspecies of Thinhorn Sheep can be found in Sims et al (2019) and B.C. Ministry of Forests (2022). O.d. stonei are those sheep east of the zone of admixed sheep mapped in B.C. Ministry of Forests (2022). Except for a small number (~100 sheep) found in the extreme southern Yukon, this taxon is entirely restricted to northcentral and northeastern mountainous British Columbia B.C. Ministry of Forests (2022). | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | M-OVDA-ST | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5T4 (Apr 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3S4 (Mar 2017) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Blue | ||||||||||
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| Habitats: (Type / Subtype / Dependence) |
Alpine/Tundra / Alpine Grassland / Unknown
Alpine/Tundra / Alpine/Subalpine Meadow / Unknown Alpine/Tundra / Krummholtz / Facultative - frequent use Alpine/Tundra / Tundra / Facultative - frequent use Forest / Conifer Forest - Dry / Facultative - occasional use Grassland/Shrub / Grassland / Facultative - frequent use Grassland/Shrub / Meadow / Facultative - frequent use Grassland/Shrub / Shrub - Natural / Facultative - occasional use Other Unique Habitats / Avalanche Track / Facultative - frequent use Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Cliff / Obligate Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Obligate Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Talus / Obligate |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Ovis dalli stonei. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Mar 5, 2026).