The Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (IMAGE)

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The Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep

Caption

The Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis sierrae) was granted protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 2000, when population estimates were as low as 100 individuals.

Credit

Chris Horsch/USFWS, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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License

CC0

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