Nevada Fish & Wildlife Office
Pacific Southwest Region

Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep

(Ovis canadensis californiana)

Click to enlarge: Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Ovis
Species: canadensis
Subspecies: californiana

Please Note:

Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep do not occur in Nevada . This mammal is protected in California . The Ventura FWO has the lead for this species; however, the Nevada FWO, in coordination with the Ventura FWO, prepared the proposed rule for designation of critical habitat.

Actions / Current Information:

 
08/05/2008   Federal Register Notice: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis
canadensis sierrae) and Taxonomic Revision; Final Rule (1.5 MB PDF)
08/04/2008   Economic Analysis of Critical Habitat Designation for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (6.2 MB PDF)
08/04/2008   News Release: Taxonomic Revision And Critical Habitat Designated For Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep
08/04/2008   Frequently Asked Questions: Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Designation of Critical Habitat and Taxonomic Revision
02/05/2008
  		• Draft Economic Analysis: Draft Economic Analysis of Critical Habitat Designation for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep(4 MB PDF)
    02/05/2008
  		• Federal Register Notice: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep and Proposed Taxonomic Revision and Draft Economic Analysis
    02/05/2008
  		• News Release: Economic Analysis of Critical Habitat Proposal for Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Available for Public Review and Comment
    10/15/2007
  		• Updated: Questions and Answers: Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Proposed Critical Habitat
    10/09/2007
  		• Federal Register Notice: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep and Proposed Taxonomic Revision
    07/25/2007
  		• Federal Register Notice: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) and Proposed Taxonomic Revision
  		• MAP 1 - Unit Index Critical Habitat for Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) Fresno, Inyo, Mono, Tuolumne and Tulare Counties, California

     
    Last updated: September 18, 2009