Argali | |
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A flock of wild Argali | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Caprinae |
Tribe: | Caprini |
Genus: | Ovis |
Species: | O. ammon
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Binomial name | |
Ovis ammon | |
Range of the argali subspecies | |
Synonyms | |
Capra ammon Linnaeus, 1758 |
The argali (Ovis ammon), also known as the mountain sheep, is a wild sheep native to the highlands of western East Asia, the Himalayas, Tibet, and the Altai Mountains.