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Urial

Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Caprinae
Species : Ovis vignei

 

Facts about the urial

A urial is a medium sized sheep that lives in mountainous regions in Cyprus, Northwest India to Russia, Turkistan, and Transcaucasia.

Because the terrain is arid and rocky, and vegetation sometimes sparse, urials are able to utilize land that would be useless to most other creatures.

Urial Urial in the news The Urial is a medium-sized wild sheep, member of the goat antelope subfamily, also known as Shapo or Arkhar.

The urial (Ovis vignei) is found from northeastern Iran to northwestern India. (Full text)

The Urial is a medium-sized wild sheep, member of the goat antelope subfamily, also known as Shapo or Arkhar. (Full text)

Urial The Urial or Oorial (Ovis Vignei) is a wild sheep of Asia. (Full text)

Afgan Urials are not found in high concentrations, but rather are scattered, and it may take several days to find a real trophy ram. (Full text)

The Urial is widely distributed throughout most of the higher hill ranges of Balochistan as well as Lasbela and Sindh Kohistan. (Full text)

URIAL The Urial or Oorial (Ovis Vignei) is a wild sheep of Asia. (Full text)

Males are called rams, females are called ewes, and young urials are referred to as lambs. (Full text)

Urials are the next smallest wild sheep after mouflons. (Full text)

The Blanford urial is a desert animal and found near Karachi. (Full text)

jpg Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: Ovis Species: vignei Binomial name Ovis vignei Blyth , 1841 The Urial is a medium-sized wild sheep, member of the goat antelope subfamily , also known as Shapo or Arkhar . (Full text)

}{ }{ulnone tab A few herds each comprising 10-15 Urials are found in the Salt Range. (Full text)

Urial The Salt Range, which is the primary habitat of the Punjab urial, is facing rapid (Full text)

1. urial, Ovis vignei -- (bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia)
urial
Ovis vignei
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