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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Altai Argali, Argali, Argali Sheep, Arkhar
Common Names in French:
Argali, Mouflon D'asie, Mouflon D'eurasie, Mouflon Vrai
Description
Physical Description
Size/Age/Growth
Body Length: 120-200 cm / 4-6.6 ft . Shoulder Height: 90-120 cm / 3-4 ft. Tail Length: 14 cm / 5.6 in. Weight: 65-180 kg / 143-396 lb .
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,115 meters (0 to 16,781 feet).Mean = 464.970 meters (1,525.492 feet), Standard Deviation = 689.100 based on 678 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.4Forest - Temperate
3.4Shrubland - Temperate
4.1Grassland - Tundra
4.4Grassland - Temperate
8.2Desert - Temperate
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Artiodactyla
()
- Owen, 1848
- Even-Toed Ungulates
- Order:
Artiodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ovis
There are approximately 84 species in this genus:
O. ammon (Altai Argali) · O. ammon ammon (Altai Argali) · O. ammon argali · O. ammon aries · O. ammon collium (Kazakhstan Argali) · O. ammon cycloceros · O. ammon darwini (Gobi Argali) · O. ammon gmelini · O. ammon hodgsoni · O. ammon hodgsonii (Tibetan Argali) · O. ammon humei · O. ammon jubata (Northern Chinese Argali) · O. ammon karelini (Tien Shan Argali) · O. ammon littledalei · O. ammon musimon (Mouflon) · O. ammon nigrimontana (Kara Tau Argali) · O. ammon orientalis · O. ammon poli · O. ammon polii (Marco Polo Argali) · O. ammon sairensis · O. ammon severtzovi (Kyzylkum Sheep) · O. ammon vignei · O. antiqua · O. aries (Asiatic Mouflon) · O. aries aries · O. aries bachmani · O. aries gmelini · O. aries musimon · O. aries ophion (Urial) · O. aries orientalis · O. aries palustris · O. blanfordi · O. burrhel · O. californianus · O. canadensis (American Bighorn) · O. canadensis auduboni · O. canadensis californiana (California Bighorn Sheep) · O. canadensis californicus · O. canadensis canadensis (Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep) · O. canadensis cremnobates (Peninsular Bighorn Sheep) · O. canadensis dalli · O. canadensis gaillardi · O. canadensis mexicana (Desert Bighorn Sheep) · O. canadensis mexicanus · O. canadensis nelsoni (Desert Bighorn Sheep) · O. canadensis nelsonii (Bighorn Sheep) · O. canadensis sierrae · O. canadensis spp · O. canadensis stonei · O. canadensis texiana · O. canadensis weemsi (Weems' Bighorn Sheep) · O. dalli (Dall Sheep) · O. dalli dalli (Dall's Sheep) · O. dalli kenaiensis (Kenai Dall Sheep) · O. dalli stonei (Stone Sheep) · O. dalli x · O. gmelini musimon · O. gmelinii · O. musimon musimon · O. musimon ophion (Urial) · O. nayaur · O. nivicola (Siberian Bighorn Sheep) · O. nivicola alleni (Okhotsk Snow Sheep) · O. nivicola borealis (Putorean Snow Sheep) · O. nivicola lydekkeri (Yakut Snow Sheep) · O. nivicola nivicola (Kamchatka Snow Sheep) · O. ophion urmiana · O. orientalis · O. orientalis arkal (Arkal) · O. orientalis bocharensis (Bukhara Urial) · O. orientalis cycloceros (Afghan Urial) · O. orientalis gmelinii (Armenian Mouflon) · O. orientalis isphahanica (Esfahan Mouflon) · O. orientalis laristanica (Laristan Mouflon) · O. orientalis musimon (European Mouflon) · O. orientalis ophion (Cyprian Wild Sheep) · O. orientalis punjabiensis (Punjab Urial) · O. orientalis vignei (Ladahk Urial) · O. sairensis littledalei · O. tragelaphus · O. vignei (Urial) · O. vignei cycloceros · O. vignei punjabiensis · O. vignei vignei
Bibliography
- Caprinae Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Peter Grubb: Status: CITES - Appendix I O. a. hodgsoni, otherwise Appendix II; U.S. ESA - Endangered as O. a. hodgsoni
- Shackleton, D.M. (ed.) 1997. Wild Sheep and Goats and their relatives: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Caprinae Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Caprinae Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
- Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, IAS
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Mammals
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2478880
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625153
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13823497
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625153
- IUCN ID: 15733
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: A00J
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6385
