The urial, Ovis vignei, also known as arkars, shapo or shapu, is a wild sheep native to Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Ovis vignei was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1841 for wild sheep in the Sulaiman Mountains, and the specific name honours Godfrey Vigne. The vignei subspecies group consists of six subspecies: the Ladakh urial of northern India and northern Pakistan, the Transcaspian urial of the Ustjurt Plateau and western Kazakhstan, Blanford's urial of Balochistan, the Bukhara urial, the Afghan urial and the Punjab urial. It is recorded in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
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It is distributed from northeastern Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and southwestern Kazakhstan to northern Pakistan and Ladakh in northwestern India.
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It is distributed from northeastern Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and southwestern Kazakhstan to northern Pakistan and Ladakh in northwestern India.
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Source Urial (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it livesQuote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
It is distributed from northeastern Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and southwestern Kazakhstan to northern Pakistan and Ladakh in northwestern India.
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Source Urial (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it livesQuote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
It is distributed from northeastern Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and southwestern Kazakhstan to northern Pakistan and Ladakh in northwestern India.
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Source Urial (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it livesQuote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
It is distributed from northeastern Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and southwestern Kazakhstan to northern Pakistan and Ladakh in northwestern India.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Urial (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it livesQuote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
It is distributed from northeastern Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and southwestern Kazakhstan to northern Pakistan and Ladakh in northwestern India.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Urial (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it livesQuote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
It is distributed from northeastern Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and southwestern Kazakhstan to northern Pakistan and Ladakh in northwestern India.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Urial (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it livesQuote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
It is distributed from northeastern Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and southwestern Kazakhstan to northern Pakistan and Ladakh in northwestern India.
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It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
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The urial ( OOR-ee-əl; Ovis vignei), also known as arkars, shapo, or shapu, is a wild sheep native to Central and South Asia.
Distribution and habitat
It prefers grassland, open woodland and gentle slopes, but also inhabits cold arid zones with little vegetation.
Distribution and habitat, where it lives
It is distributed from northeastern Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and southwestern Kazakhstan to northern Pakistan and Ladakh in northwestern India.
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The bovids (Bovidae) are the most species-rich family.
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Bovidae is the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, antelopes, and goat-antelopes such as sheep and goats.
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