Mammals · Artiodactyla · Bovidae
Argali
Ovis ammon
Near Threatened
It could become threatened in the near future if current threats go unchecked.
The argali is the largest wild sheep in the world. The males carry enormous spiral horns that can weigh more than twenty kilos, close to 13% of their body weight. It lives in sex-segregated herds on high mountain grassland in Central Asia, from the Pamirs to Mongolia. Trophy hunting, poaching and above all competition with domestic livestock for grazing have fragmented its populations.
Weight
60 kg – 180 kg
Size
1.2 m – 2 m
Life expectancy
13 years
