Pseudois

Pseudois
Blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) in Beijing Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus: Pseudois
Hodgson, 1846
Species

See text.

Pseudois is a genus in the subfamily Caprinae comprising two species, the bharal (Pseudois nayaur) and the dwarf blue sheep (Pseudois schaeferi).[1] Both species in the genus are variously known as blue sheep, the bharal's alternate name being the Himalayan blue sheep.

References

  1. Schaller, G.B. 1998. Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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