:Protovis

{{short description|Species of prehistoric sheep}}

{{distinguish|Protoavis}}

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|fossil_range = Late Miocene-Late Pliocene{{Cite journal |last=Wang |first=Xiaoming |last2=Li |first2=Qiang |last3=Takeuchi |first3=Gary T. |date=2016-09-02 |title=Out of Tibet: an early sheep from the Pliocene of Tibet, Protovis himalayensis, genus and species nov. (Bovidae, Caprini), and origin of Ice Age mountain sheep |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2016.1169190 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=36 |issue=5 |pages=e1169190 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2016.1169190 |issn=0272-4634}}

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|taxon = Protovis himalayensis

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|authority = Wang, Li & Takeuchi, 2016

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Protovis himalayensis is a prehistoric species of sheep found in latest Miocene to Late Pliocene-aged strata of Himalayan Tibet in 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160511102528.htm|title=New species from the Pliocene of Tibet reveals origin of ice age mountain sheep|date=May 11, 2016|work=Science Daily}}{{Cite web |author1=Chinese Academy of Sciences |title=New species from the Pliocene of Tibet reveals origin of Ice Age mountain sheep |url=https://phys.org/news/2016-05-species-pliocene-tibet-reveals-ice.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=phys.org |language=en}}

Protovis was found only by some fragments such as its horns. Its discovery showed that modern mountain sheep first evolved from the genus Protovis.