The argali, also known as the mountain sheep, is a wild sheep that roams the highlands of western East Asia, the Himalayas, Tibet, and the Altai Mountains.
Argali
Stuffed specimen at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.
Argali horns outside temporary roadside cafe, Changtang, Ladakh
Edmund Geer during the 1938–1939 German expedition to Tibet
Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the Caprinae subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae. Its seven highly sociable species are known as sheep or ovines. Domestic sheep are members of the genus, and are thought to be descended from the wild mouflon of central and southwest Asia.
Ovis
Sheep
Image: Argali Stuffed specimen
Image: Ovis orientalis aries 'Skudde' (aka)