Desert Bighorn Sheep, Rams (Peninsular)
The Peninsular Desert Bighorn Sheep, or Borrego Cimarron, are in real trouble in southern California as only about 400 of the animals remain in the United States. Fragmented habitat, diseases of domestic sheep, Mountain Lion predation, and other factors are all taking their toll on the limited population.
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This is little more visually appealing to me than a mature specimen of the species. And it really does not matter the species!
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