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Altai argali
Argali sheep in Altai
Conservation status
Altai argali
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[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
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]

  1. ^ Entry in the list of endangered species
  2. ^ Rashid Jamsheed (1996), Memories of a Sheep Hunter, Safari Press (2nd edition), ISBN 1-57157-021-7.

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