Altai argali
| Altai argali | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Ovis |
| Species: | O. ammon |
| Subspecies: | O. a. ammon |
| Trinomial name | |
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Ovis ammon ammon (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Altai argali (Ovis ammon ammon) is a traditional subspecies of argali, a wild sheep that roams the highlands of the Altai Mountains in Central Asia.
Altai argali are the largest of all sheep.
They have the heaviest horns. Those of mature males normally 45-50 and up to 75 pounds (35 kg).
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