| Protovis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | †Protovis |
| Species: | †P. himalayensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Protovis himalayensis Wang, Li & Takeuchi, 2016
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Protovis himalayensis is a prehistoric species of sheep found in latest Miocene to Late Pliocene-aged[1] strata of Himalayan Tibet in 2016.[2][3]
Protovis was found only by some fragments such as its horns. Its discovery showed that modern mountain sheep first evolved from the genus Protovis.[1]