Argali
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ARGALI, the Tatar name of the great wild sheep, Ovis ammon, of the Altai and other parts of Siberia.
Argali sheep
Taxonomy Genus [Linnaeus, 1758]. Citation: Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:70. Type locality: Kazakhstan, Vostochno-Kazakhstansk. Obl., Altai Mtns, Bukhtarma; near Ust-Kamenogorsk.
Argali sheep
Argalis are the world's largest sheep and their dramatic spiralling corkscrew horns mean they are also a big hunter's prize.
Argali wild sheep
The biggest of all wild sheep, the argali has suffered a major decline in population numbers and is particularly intolerant of human-induced changes.
Argali (Ovis ammon)
The argali (Ovis ammon) is the largest of the wild sheep, and the males have impressive horns that are highly prized by hunters... More 14 Images 9 Videos ...
Argali
especially notably at the Argali or Altai-Wildschaf is this spiritedly turned mighty Gehörn. The Argali or one approaches it relative subtype became a...
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Argali (O. ammon) Â- Domestic sheep (O. aries) Â- Bighorn Sheep (O. canadensis) Â- Dall Sheep (O. dalli) Â- Mouflon (O. musimon) Â- Snow sheep (O. nivicola) Â- Urial (O. orientalis)
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Bharal (P. nayaur) Â- Dwarf Blue Sheep (P. schaeferi) ...
Genus: Ovis (Sheep, mouflons, urial, argali, bighorn, thin horns snow sheep, Dall's sheep)
Species: Ovis ammon (Argali)
Species: Ovis aries (Mouflon)
Species: Ovis canadensis (American bighorn)
Subspecies: Ovis c.
Schaller ( ) reports that snow leopards prey on whatever ungulates are available, from wild pigs and gorals to Himalayan tahrs, markhors, takins, and argalis, and in on such animals as , goitered gazelles, and kulans.
The largest sheep is the wild sheep, Argali. The Argali lives in the Altai Mountains of Siberia and Mongolia. The male can grow up to 4 feet tall at the shoulders and his horns can spiral about 20 inches around.
Unlike the domesticated stock they do not bare wool, but are agile rock climbers with large spiraling horns. From this species include the Siberian argali , Barbary sheep, which is found in North Africa, and the North American bighorn, ...
 See also: Blackbuck, Lion, Coral, Iguana, Spiny-Tailed Iguana
  
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