page_title: Urial
section_title: Subspecies
hierarchical_section_title: Urial / Subspecies
caption_attribution_description: Urials (Ovis vignei arkal) at Pretoria Zoo. Modification of brightness by Christophe cagé 08:04, 1 June 2008 (UTC) .
context_page_description: The urial, also known as the arkars or shapo, is a subspecies group of the wild sheep Ovis orientalis. Noticeable features are the reddish-brown long fur that fades during winter; males are characterized by 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. The two groups have often been considered separate species.
context_section_description: The vignei subspecies group consists of six individual subspecies:
  Afghan urial or Turkmenian sheep (Ovis orientalis cycloceros): southern Turkmenistan, eastern Iran, Afghanistan, north Balochistan Pakistan
  Transcaspian urial (Ovis orientalis arkal): Ustjurt-Plateau (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, northern Iran) and western Kazakhstan
  Blanford urial or Balochistan urial (Ovis orientalis blanfordi): Balochistan (Pakistan) are often included in this subspecies
  Bukhara urial (Ovis orientalis bochariensis): Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, mountains around Amu Darya
  Punjab urial (Ovis orientalis punjabiensis): the provincial animal of the Punjab (Pakistan)
  Ladakh urial (Ovis orientalis vignei): Ladakh and northern Pakistan, Kashmir, males have curly horns but the females have flat horns
caption: Transcaspian arkals (O. o. arkal) at Pretoria Zoo
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