Bighorn Skull (IMAGE)

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Bighorn Skull

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This is a bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) skull on Tiburón Island. Skull from bighorn sheep population introduced on Tiburón Island, Gulf of California, in 1975. Radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA analysis from a local cave now show that this introduction unintentionally re-established bighorn sheep that had gone extinct on the island.

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Photo by B.T. Wilder

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