Argali  (Ovis ammon)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Family Bovidae
Genus Ovis (1)
Size Body length: 120 - 200 cm (2)
Shoulder height: 90 - 120 cm (2)
Weight 65 - 180 kg (2)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU - A2cde) on the IUCN Red List 2002 (1), and listed on Appendix II of CITES (3).

Subspecies: Altai argali (Ovis ammon ammon) classified as Vulnerable (VU - A2cde, C1); Kazakhstan argali (O. a. collium) classified as Vulnerable (VU - A2cde, C1); Gobi argali (O. a. darwini) Endangered (EN - C1); Tibetan argali (O. a. hodgsonii) Vulnerable (VU - A2cde); Northern Chinese argali (O. a. jubata) Critically Endangred (CR - C2a); Tien Shan argali (O. a. karelini) Vulnerable (VU - A2cde, C1+2a); Kara Tau argali (O. a. nigrimontana) Critically Endangered (CR - C2b); Marco Polo argali (O. a. polii) Vulnerable (VU - A2cde, C1); Kyzylkum sheep (O. a. severtzovi) Endangered (EN - A2cde, C2b) (1).