Altai argali
Subspecies of mammal (wild sheep)
Altai argali | |
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Argali sheep in Altai | |
Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Caprinae |
Tribe: | Caprini |
Genus: | Ovis |
Species: | O. ammon |
Subspecies: | O. a. ammon |
Trinomial name | |
Ovis ammon ammon (Linnaeus, 1758) |
The Altai argali (Ovis ammon ammon) is the nominate (predominant) subspecies of argali, a large-horned wild sheep endemic to the highlands of the Altai Mountains of Central Asia.
Altai argali are the largest sheep in the world, and also have some of the heaviest and most elaborate horns. The horns of mature rams normally weigh 45 to 50 pounds, with large rams’ horns weighing up to 75 pounds (35 kg).[2]
References
External links
- Media related to Ovis ammon ammon at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Ovis ammon ammon at Wikispecies
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Argali (Ovis ammon) subspecies
- Altai (ammon)
- Kuruktag (adametzi)
- Anatolian (anatolica)
- Gobi (darwini)
- Gansu (dalailamae)
- Karaganda (collium)
- Hangay (hangaii)
- Tibetan (hodgsoni)
- Hume (humei)
- North China (jubata)
- Tian Shan (karelini)
- Littledale (littledalei)
- Kara Tau (nigrimontana)
- Marco Polo (polii)
- Sair (sairensis)
- Severtzov (severtzovi)
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