Argali

Argali
A flock of wild Argali
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Tribe: Caprini
Genus: Ovis
Species:
O. ammon
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.

  1. ^ a b Reading, R.; Michel, S.; Amgalanbaatar, S. (2020). "Ovis ammon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T15733A22146397. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T15733A22146397.en. Retrieved 24 January 2022.