Basin wiki · Animals

Desert bighorn sheep

Ovis canadensis nelsoni

Desert bighorn use the rocky corridors between the park and the San Bernardino Mountains.

Desert bighorn ram
Photo by Millie Basden · CC BY 4.0

In the basin

The Morongo Valley page names bighorn as a corridor species through Big Morongo. They are cliff animals, not yard livestock. Stay on the trail, keep dogs out of the preserve, and give a band the slope. CDFW treats desert bighorn as a conservation subspecies. Wikipedia and CDFW have the status notes.

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