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Sheep Mountain is habitat for Dall sheep, and was once a favorite sheep hunting area for the Southern Tutchone before the park was established. [4] The mountain is a prominent landmark along the Alaska Highway , and topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,140 meters (3,740 feet) above the Thechàl Dhâl Visitor Centre at Kluane ...
The common name, Dall's sheep or Dall sheep is often used to refer to the nominate subspecies, O. d. dalli. The other subspecies, O. d. stonei, is called the Stone sheep. Originally, the subspecies O. d. dalli and O. d. stonei were distinguished by the color of their fur. However, the pelage-based designations have been shown to be questionable.
The mountain's name was shown on a 1916 U.S. Geological Survey document and the toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [6] The name honors Charles Alexander Sheldon (1867–1928), naturalist and author of The Wilderness of Denali, who studied Dall sheep and other wildlife in the Mount McKinley area in 1906–1908.
Ovis dalli dalli, the Dall sheep or Dall's sheep, is a subspecies of thinhorn sheep. Like other sheep, they are large herbivores , feeding primarily on grass and other plants. [ 1 ] They are endemic to northwestern North America , in Canada and Alaska .
The bi-national Kluane-Wrangell-St. Elias-Glacier Bay-Tatshenshini-Alsek park system comprising Kluane, Wrangell-St Elias, Glacier Bay and Tatshenshini-Alsek parks, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 for the spectacular glacier and icefield landscapes as well as for the importance of grizzly bears, caribou and Dall sheep habitat.
Dall sheep Ovis dalli: Dall sheep live in the mountain regions of Alaska where there is rocky terrain and steep, inclined land. [53] The mountain setting is an ideal place for them to rest and feed. [53] They are occasionally seen below their usual high elevation only when food is scarce. Alaska contains a good size population of thinhorn sheep.
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Alaska contains a good size population of Dall sheep, and are commonly sighted in the eastern and western sides of Denali National Park. [23] The most commonly known name for the male Dall sheep is a "ram" and they are distinguishable from the female Dall sheep, the ewe, by their thicker and more massive curling horns.