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!

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

Media & Attribution

Sources & Further Reading
Listed below are the sources used to create the video.

Thinhorn sheep

Bighorn sheep

Aoudad / Barbary sheep
References to Ventral Mane terminology

Mouflon

Urial

Bharal / Himalayan blue sheep

Argali

Snow sheep

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[fuzzytheduck]

Looking at the title, I know that "controversial" probably means that their taxonomic classification is debated, but I like to think that the sheep themselves are involved in some kind of scandal.

[fallowslife]

Holy shit I prayed for a video like this. Now we need wild goats!

[lucasguimaraes]

Man, during my childhood and preteen years, your channel is the thing i wish existed the most. Now that i am beginning my biology course at 18 years of age, i am loving every single vídeo. I have been following you for more than a year now and you are one of.my favorite channels. Also, i didn't know how to speak or understand english when i was younger, so i don't think that you started late at all. Much much love from Brazil bro, keep up the amazing work.

[owenlewis]

I am here for the controversial sheep discourse

[thewhisperingsylph]

For the controversial species couldn't they just do genetic analysis to see whether it's more closely related to sheep or goat so that their taxonomical position is clear?

[scottthesmartape]

aren't goats and sheep the same? or is there just a sheep that people call a goat

[srinivasannandagopal]

The video is great as usual.
Doesn't "Nilgiri Tahr" come under this category?
If not, can you please make a video which includes Nilgiri Tahr and related species?

[thedirectorschair]

You have such a wonderfully informative channel.

[edkerby]

I love your videos it's very educational.

[pacoramon]

Ibex are th closest we have to Spiderman.

[leongliyang]

Interesting... Wild sheep is so different than the domesticated one we always seen. The horn was beautiful

[Gamma.]

I wish for a wildlife enthusiasts guide to california, because i will travel there with my family in summer.

[allykat]

Awwww.... 5:16 - example of domestic sheep.

[royhay]

European mouflon, Soay sheep, and Litla Dimun sheep have existed for 7, 000 years, so they should definitely be included. New Zealand bighorn sheep, such as Arapawa sheep, have inhabited New Zealand for 500–600 years. I wish that you included these four types of wild sheep.

[bogdanmoldovan]

Really nice video, always a pleasure to learn about animals. Can’t wait for the goat episode

[amandadonegan]

The Sheep/Goat/Oryx line is hard to draw here sometimes...all beautiful naturally original animals though...
When you really look at what Mans selective breeding for ab/use has done to magnificent creatures..
Well my heart breaks anyway...😊

[Marlo_Strannik]

Babe wake up. He made another video :)

[aspie-anarchist]

Wow see many of these i would have literally assumed were goats if i saw these. I had no idea sheep could have massive horns. Even the big horn sheep an animal.moat americans know off i just thought tjat was its name and genetically would have been goats. I need to look up the difference between sheep and goats. And also look into what what we in rhe pacific northwest call mountain goats. These giant monsters that are ass holes who get mad if you dont have salt.

[Jesus-qvsw]

Idk why, but there is not mentioned that the Baja Peninsula has its own subspecies (ovis canadensis cremnobates).

[tell-me-a-story-]

“Both have dark brown fur, ”
Shows a very light brown animal.