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Desert Bighorn Sheep 1 - Location and Population The Desert Bighorn, Ovis canadensis, generally will not be found in areas of human activity. Open terrain with broad vistas and steep boulder-strewn slopes are their preferred habitat. In such areas they may be found from hillsides of only a few hundred feet to over 10,000 feet in some of the highest desert mountains of eastern California, much of Nevada, northwestern Arizona, and southern Utah. Today's total population is roughly 13,000, about 10% of what existed before the settlement of the west. < previous - next > |
View from Bighorn territory