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	The bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)<ref>"Ovis canadensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 March 2006.</ref> is a species of sheep in North America <ref>Grubb, P. (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. {{link\|url=http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200835}}</ref> named for its large horns. These horns can weigh up to 30 lb (14 kg), while the sheep themselves weigh up to 300 lb (140 kg). <ref>"Bighorn Sheep". Ultimate Ungulate page. {{link\|url=http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Ovis_canadensis.html}}</ref> Recent genetic testing indicates three distinct subspecies of Ovis canadensis, one of which is endangered: O. c. sierrae. Sheep originally crossed to North America over the Bering land bridge from Siberia: the population in North America peaked in the millions, and the bighorn sheep entered into the mythology of Native Americans. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bighorn_sheep "Bighorn sheep,"] ''Wikipedia'' (accessed 18 August 2014)</ref>		The bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)<ref>"Ovis canadensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 March 2006.</ref> is a species of sheep in North America <ref>Grubb, P. (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. {{link\|url=http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200835}}</ref> named for its large horns. These horns can weigh up to 30 lb (14 kg), while the sheep themselves weigh up to 300 lb (140 kg). <ref>"Bighorn Sheep". Ultimate Ungulate page. {{link\|url=http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Ovis_canadensis.html}}</ref> Recent genetic testing indicates three distinct subspecies of Ovis canadensis, one of which is endangered: O. c. sierrae. Sheep originally crossed to North America over the Bering land bridge from Siberia: the population in North America peaked in the millions, and the bighorn sheep entered into the mythology of Native Americans. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bighorn_sheep "Bighorn sheep,"] ''Wikipedia'' (accessed 18 August 2014)</ref>
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==Wikipedia: Bighorn sheep "crossed to North America over the Bering land bridge"==
Bighorn sheep were native to North America at the time the the Jaredites arrived. The following is from Wikipedia:
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The bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)<ref>"Ovis canadensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 March 2006.</ref> is a species of sheep in North America <ref>Grubb, P. (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. {{link|url=http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200835}}</ref> named for its large horns. These horns can weigh up to 30 lb (14 kg), while the sheep themselves weigh up to 300 lb (140 kg). <ref>"Bighorn Sheep". Ultimate Ungulate page. {{link|url=http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Ovis_canadensis.html}}</ref> Recent genetic testing indicates three distinct subspecies of Ovis canadensis, one of which is endangered: O. c. sierrae. Sheep originally crossed to North America over the Bering land bridge from Siberia: the population in North America peaked in the millions, and the bighorn sheep entered into the mythology of Native Americans. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bighorn_sheep "Bighorn sheep,"] ''Wikipedia'' (accessed 18 August 2014)</ref>
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