What is Urial?
{{Taxobox | image = Ovis ammon vignei arkal Pretoria 3.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = | name = Urial | status = VU|status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2008|assessors=Valdez, R.|year=2008|id=15739|title=Ovis orientalis|downloaded=5 April 2009}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of vulnerable.</ref> | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammalia]] | ordo = [[Artiodactyla]] | familia = [[Bovidae]] | genus = ''[[Ovis]]'' | species = ''[[Ovis orientalis|O. orientalis]]'' | subspecies = ''O. o. vignei'' | trinomial = ''Ovis orientalis vignei'' | binomial_authority = ([[Edward Blyth|Blyth]], [[1841]]) }} The '''urial''' (''Ovis orientalis vignei''), also known as the '''arkars''' or '''shapo''', is a subspecies of [[Ovis|wild sheep]] (''Ovis orientalis''). It has reddish-brown long fur that fades during winter. Males have a black ruff stretching from the neck to the chest and large horns. It is found in western [[central Asia]]. The other subspecies group of ''O. orientalis'' is the [[Mouflon]] (''Ovis orientalis orientalis'' group). The two groups have often been considered separate species.<ref>[[Peter Grubb (zoologist)|Grubb, Peter]] (2005). Order Perissodactyla. Pp. 708-710 in: Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn, M. (2005). ''Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference''. 3d edition. Johns Hopkins University Presas, Baltimore. {{ISBN|0-8018-8221-4}}</ref> Urial is endangered specie. ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Mammals of Asia]] [[Category:Caprids]]