Wild sheep grazing by a river

Wild sheep also live throughout the world — in the Middle East, Asia, Central Europe and North America — mostly in mountainous areas. Bighorn sheep live in the Rocky Mountain region of North America. Desert bighorn sheep live in Death Valley, California, as well as Nevada, Texas and northern Mexico.

There are six breeds of wild sheep. They are bighorn, dall, argali, mouflon, snow sheep, and urial sheep. All of these breeds belong to the Ovis genus of ruminants.