NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Ovis
  Subfamily - Caprinae
  Family - Bovidae
  Order - Artiodactyla
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Ovis aries musimon
      Subspecies - Ovis aries ophion
      Subspecies - Ovis aries aries
      Subspecies - Ovis aries arkal
      Subspecies - Ovis aries cycloceros
      Subspecies - Ovis aries isphahanica
      Subspecies - Ovis aries laristanica
      Subspecies - Ovis aries orientalis
      Subspecies - Ovis aries vignei