Aberrant horn growth and masculine behavior in a female bighorn sheep from the North Dakota badlands
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Published:1989-06-01
Issue:6
Volume:67
Page:1602-1604
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ISSN:0008-4301
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Container-title:Canadian Journal of Zoology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Can. J. Zool.
Author:
Jensen William F.,Seabloom Robert W.,Mckenzie James V.
Abstract
On 11 March 1987 an adult female bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) with abnormally large horns was captured in the badlands of North Dakota. Subsequent observations of this individual suggested malelike behavior. Possible explanations of this abnormal horn growth and behavior are a genetic defect or an endocrine imbalance.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics