2005 04 27 1582 Dall Sheep🐃

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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
Mammals

🐃Dall sheep

Ovis dalli Nelson, 1884

돌산양(학명: Ovis dalli)은 양의 일종으로, 몸무게 수컷 약 90kg, 암컷 약 50kg이다. 큰뿔양에 비하면 뿔은 약간 빈약하고 털색깔은 흰색에 가까우나 지방에 따라 짙기도 하고 옅기도 하다. 알래스카, 캐나다의 산악지대에 서식한다. 암석이 많은 험한 산악지대에서 작은 무리를 지어 살며 암벽을 오르내리는 동작이 매우 민첩하다. 적을 만나면 싸움보다는 날쌔게 바위 위로 피하며 적을 희롱하는 듯한 행동을 취한다. 숫양은 18개월에 새끼 양을 낳을 수 있지만, 보통 5~7세에 사회적 지배력이 생기고 성체가 될 때까지 짝짓기에 성공하지 못한다. 암컷은 30개월이 되면 성적으로 성숙해지며 3~4세가 되면 첫 새끼를 낳는다. 그 후 매년 새끼를 낳는다. 천적은 퓨마, 캐나다스라소니, 늑대, 코요테, 재규어, 아메리카흑곰, 회색곰이다. 램 트럭스의 로고가 돌산양이다.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Also called
White Sheep, Dall’s Sheep, Thinhorn Sheep
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
70 kg
Body length
1.57 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
24 years
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Everything we know about the Dall sheep

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Body mass
70 kg
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  • 73 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
1.57 m
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Maximum lifespan
24 years
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  • 20 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
6.4 years
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Age at maturity
2.0 years
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Gestation
175 days
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  • 173 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
1
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Home range
10 km²
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Population density
0.43 per km²
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Volume l
70 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Dall sheep yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderArtiodactyla
  5. ›familyBovidae
  6. ›genusOvis
  7. ›speciesOvis dalli
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  3. subfamilyCaprinae
  4. genusOvis
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  12. suborderRuminantia
  13. infraorderPecora
  14. familyBovidae
  15. subfamilyCaprinae
  16. genusOvis
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Dall-Schaf (de), Тонкорогий баран (ru), Mouflon de Dall (fr), 白大角羊 (zh), Carneiro-de-dall (pt), 돌산양 (ko) … and 19 more languages
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