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Ovis musimon
(Bovidae)
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Taxonomy & nomenclature
Ovis musimon information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Ovis musimon, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
Impacts
Controlling ungulate populations in native ecosystems in Hawaii 
"Controlling ungulate populations in native ecosystems in Hawaii" is a 2005 position paper presented by the Hawaii Conservation Alliance.
The high cost of having no control program
Fencing free-roaming game mammals is expensive, but not doing it costs more. The economic and social costs of game mammal damage are explained.
The need for speedy reform of Hawaii's game management program
A description of the feral pig problem in Hawaii with excellent photographs and facts about the impacts pigs are having on native plants and animals are on this Rare Hawaii site.
Control methods
Controlling ungulate populations in native ecosystems in Hawaii
"Controlling ungulate populations in native ecosystems in Hawaii" is a 2005 position paper presented by the Hawaii Conservation Alliance.
Distribution
Distribution of Ovis musimon (Bovidae) in the Hawaiian Islands as of 05/98
Distribution of Ovis musimon (Bovidae) in the Hawaiian Islands as of 05/98
Books
Mammals in Hawaii, second edition
Tomich, P. Quentin. 1986. Mammals in Hawaii, second edition. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication 76. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press. 375 pp. ISBN: 0-93087-10-2.
In the news
Online articles about introduced game animals and their harmful effects on the environment
Annotated links to news and magazine articles regarding hunting and feral mammals are provided by rarehawaii.org.
Making hunting pono--save Hawaii's native creatures
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (http://starbulletin.com)
Full-text articles
Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.
Other resources
Rare Hawaii
The Rare Hawaii website highlights the severe impacts of feral mammals (e.g., pigs, goats, deer, sheep) on native ecosystems of Hawaii.
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