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Protovis himalayensis is a prehistoric species of sheep found in latest Miocene to Late Pliocene-agedcite-ref-wangetal-1-1[1] strata of Himalayan Tibet in 2016.cite-ref-2[2]cite-ref-3[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.cite-ref-wangetal-1-2[1]

cite-note-wangetal-11. citerefwanglitakeuchi2016Wang, Xiaoming; Li, Qiang; Takeuchi, Gary T. (2016-09-02). "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". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (5): e1169190. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1169190. ISSN 0272-4634.

cite-note-22. ↑ "New species from the Pliocene of Tibet reveals origin of ice age mountain sheep". Science Daily. May 11, 2016.

cite-note-33. ↑ citerefchinese-academy-of-sciencesChinese Academy of Sciences. "New species from the Pliocene of Tibet reveals origin of Ice Age mountain sheep". phys.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.