What is Argali?
{{speciesbox | name = Argali | image = Argali Stuffed specimen.jpg | image_caption = Stuffed specimen at the [[National Museum of Nature and Science]], [[Tokyo]] | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15733/5074694|title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref> | taxon = Ovis ammon | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | range_map = Argali subspecies range.png | range_map_caption = Range of the argali subspecies | synonyms = ''Capra ammon'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}} }} [[File:Argali (PSF).png|thumb|right]] The '''argali''' or '''mountain sheep''' (''Ovis ammon'') is a wild [[Ovis|sheep]]. It lives in the highlands of [[Central Asia]] ([[Himalaya]], [[Tibet]], [[Altay]]). The argali is the biggest wild sheep. It can be up to 120 centimetres tall, and can weigh as much as 140 kilograms. The Pamir argali, also called the Marco Polo sheep, may be more than 6 feet in [[length]]. They were discovered by the explorer [[Marco Polo]]. The Pamir argali is [[global]]ly [[Endangered species|endangered]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Related pages== {{commons|Ovis ammon}} [[Category:Caprids]] [[Category:Mammals of Asia]] [[Category:Mammals of Pakistan]] [[Category:Plants and animals of Kashmir]] {{biology-stub}}