This photographic art print is printed on acid-free paper that will last a hundred years, and is double matted in neutral colors chosen to compliment the print, yet match any decor.

Each art print is backed with cardboard, ready to frame, and is enclosed in a plastic bag for protection.

This art print measures approximately 8x10 inches, including the mat. The mat pictured is representative, the one you receive may vary. If you are ordering more than one print, we will try to match mat colors when available.



This item can be shipped internationally. If additional shipping charges are required outside the continental US, we will contact you after your order is placed. We can ship up to four 8x10s inside the continental US in one package for the $6.95 postage flat rate.

One of the most majestic creatures of the North American Rockies and high deserts, and one of the rarest, is the Desert Bighorn Sheep. The male big horn sheep is called a ram and can be recognized by his massive brown horns. The horns curl back over the ears, down, and up past the cheeks. By the time a ram reaches 7 or 8 years of age, he can have a set of horns with a full curl and a spread of up to 33 inches. The females, called ewes, are smaller than the rams and have shorter, smaller horns that never exceed half a curl.

The natural range of the Big Horn Sheep was formerly in the Rocky Mountains from southern Canada to Colorado, but is now reduced to areas where small bands are protected by inaccessible habitat or by refuges. The desert subspecies ranges from Nevada and California to west Texas and south into Mexico. Another rare group inhabits the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.

Threatened with eventual extinction, Bighorn numbers are only one-tenth the population that existed when Europeans first began exploiting the Rocky Mountains. Human activities are responsible for the Bighorn's decline.