Horn from a female "bighorn sheep" Ovis canadensis
Horn from a female "bighorn sheep" Ovis canadensis Unlike bony antlers horns are made of the protein keratin and they are not shed each year they are permanent body structures "Bighorn sheep" exhibit sexual dimorphism female horns are much smaller than those of adult males
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Photo credit: © Martin Shields / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: america, animal, artiodactyl, artiodactyla, bighorn, body, bovid, bovidae, canadensis, characteristic, chordata, chordate, defense, dimorphism, fauna, female, horn, keratin, mammal, mammalia, mammology, north, ovis, protein, ruminant, sexual, sheep, structure, zoology
