Bighorn Sheep ©JMC_West-4_153
Add to LightboxDesert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) herd together in the Badlands, able to tolerate the extreme conditions. 63 miles from Rapid City lies the Badlands of Southwest South Dakota, named by the Lakota people who called it "mako sica," meaning “land bad, due to its rough topography, extreme weather, lack of water. It is dry and very dusty.
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Bighorn Sheep Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) Animal Chordata Mammal ORDER: Cetartiodactyla FAMILY: Bovidae Bovine herbivore GENUS: Ovis Mammals with Hoofs (Ungulates) North America wild wildlife social herd matriarch badlands South Dakota Desert Bighorn subspecies species of concern © Janet MacCausland'12
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- Heartland & the Badlands, Mammals with Hoofs (Ungulates)

