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Mountain Ungulates

Взрослый самец алтайского архара. Фото: © Крис Вивер

Altay Argali (Ovis ammon ammon)

The Altai Mountains of western Mongolia. The regions of habitat for the four subspecies of argali in Mongolia: The stronghold of these sheep is the High Altai Mountains of western Mongolia in Uvs, Bayan-Ulgii and Khovd aimags. The southwestern populations are connected to small ...
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Взрослый самец алтайского архара. Фото: © Крис Вивер

Altai Argali* (Ovis ammon ammon), taken in Russia

The Nurata Range in the southern part of the Kyzylkum Desert, northwest of Samarkand. * Due to the existing legislative restrictions on hunting these species, such a trophy may be considered if it was harvested with a special permit issued by the competent government ...
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Самцы памирского архара в Большом Памире в Таджикистане. Фото: © Эрик Драгеско

Brookei argali (Ovis ammon brookei), taken in Tadjikistan

Natural hybrid Ovis ammon polii x Ovis ammon hodgsoni. It displays distinct morphological differences from the Marco Polo argali, notably with significantly shorter horn length but generally greater basal circumference. This hybrid occupies an extensive range along the Wakhan Corridor, spanning the southern Pamirs ...
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Череп куруктагского архара, найденный в дикой природе. Фото: © China Hunt

Gansu Argali* (Ovis ammon dalailamae)

The Altun Tagh ridge in Xinjiang and the Qilian Shan range in Gansu and adjacent areas of Qinghai. * Due to the existing legislative restrictions on hunting these species, such a trophy may be considered if it was harvested with a special permit issued ...
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Взрослый самец алтайского архара. Фото: © Крис Вивер

Gobi argali (Ovis ammon darwini)

The Gobi Desert in southern Mongolia (south of latitude 45° and east of longitude 97°), northern China.The habitats of the three subspecies of argali in Mongolia are: Mongolian scientists divide Gobi argali into two ecotypes (Gobi ecotype and eastern Mongolian ecotype) which occupy ...
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Группа казахстанских архаров в Каркаралинском национальном парке. Фото: Открытый источник

Karaganda Argali* (Ovis ammon collium)

Eastern Kazakhstan: throughout the Karaganda Region, extending west and north into the Akmolinsk Region, north into the Pavlodar Region, and east into the Semipalatinsk Region. The range does not reach the Tarbagatai Ridge.* Due to the existing legislative restrictions on hunting these species, ...
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Взрослые самцы и самка каратауских архаров. Фото: © Александр Бербер

Kara Tau Argali* (Ovis ammon nigrimontana)

The Kara Tau ridge in southern Kazakhstan. * Due to the existing legislative restrictions on hunting these species, such a trophy may be considered if it was harvested with a special permit issued by the competent government authority of the country of origin. Additionally, ...
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Череп куруктагского архара, найденный в дикой природе. Фото: © China Hunt

Kuruk Tagh Argali* (Ovis ammon adametzi)

The Kuruktagh ridge in Xinjiang, China. These small mountains stretch from west to east for approximately 120 km, located south of the Tian Shan system and north of the Konche Darya River, from a point southeast of Korla County to the northwest of ...
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Самцы джунгарского архара. Фото: © Александр Бербер

Dzungarian Argali* (Ovis ammon littledalei)

Kazakhstan: the Dzungarian Alatau mountain system China: Southwest of the range of the Gobi argali and southeast of the Altai argali. Chinese authorities have restricted the official range of Littledale's argali to a small mountain range east of the Bogda Ula Range (eastern Tian ...
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Самцы памирского архара в Большом Памире в Таджикистане. Фото: © Эрик Драгеско

Marco Polo Argali (Ovis ammon polii)

The eastern part of the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan, the Pamir Plateau in eastern Tajikistan, and the range extends north into southeastern Kyrgyzstan south of the Naryn River, also encompassing the adjacent Chinese Pamir on the western edge of China. It has not ...
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Саурский архар. Фото: © Рон Кэри

Sair Argali* (Ovis ammon sairensis)

The Tarbagatai Ridge in eastern Kazakhstan and northern Xinjiang, extending east through the Sayr Mountains and other smaller ridges up to the Mayli and Barlyk mountains. It is separated from the Altai Mountains by the Black Irtysh River basin. To the west, it ...
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Взрослый самец алтайского архара. Фото: © Крис Вивер

North-Altai Argali (Ovis ammon ammon), taken in Mongolia

The range of the newly identified northern Altai argali subspecies is located in the mountain range bordering Mongolia and Russia. This area includes the Uvs Province, the villages of Sagil and Bokhmoron, and the northern part of the Bayan-Ölgii Province, including the village ...
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Самец кызылкумского архара, Кызылкумский заповедник Хаят-сай, июнь 2000 года. Фото: © Елена Крейцберг-Мухина

Severtzov Argali (Ovis ammon severtzovi)

The Nurata Range in the southern part of the Kyzylkum Desert, northwest of Samarkand. Nura Tau argali are mostly restricted to the higher mountains of the northern slopes of the Nura Tau Range in Uzbekistan, primarily within the Nuratinski (Nura Tau) Strictly Protected ...
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Тяньшанский архар, добытый Кермитом Рузвельтом на р. Текес, 1925 г. Фото: Кермит Рузвельт

Tian Shan Argali (Ovis ammon karelini)

The Tian Shan mountain range, stretching from south-eastern Kazakhstan and eastern Kyrgyzstan eastward approximately to the city of Urumchi in Xinjiang, China. In Kyrgyzstan, the Naryn River marks the boundary with the habitat of the Hume argali. The length of the Naryn River ...
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Взрослый самец алтайского архара. Фото: © Крис Вивер

Hangay Argali (Ovis ammon darwini)

The Hangai Mountains and their foothills.The regions of habitation of the three subspecies of argali in Mongolia:  The core range of Khangai argali phenotype includes the following aimags: northern Uvurkhangai, Arkhangai, southern Zavkhan, northern Bayankhongor andtouches the northeastern corner of Gobi-Altai aimag in ...
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Киргизский архар в Национальном парке Нарын, южнее реки Нарын, Киргизия. Фото: © Эрик Драгеско

Hume’s Argali (Ovis ammon humei)

Kyrgyzstan, with the Naryn River as the northern boundary and the Fergana Mountains watershed as the southern boundary. The distribution range of the Kyrgyz phenotype is limited to Kyrgyzstan and an adjacent small area in southwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. We ...
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Самцы эльбурских баранов, природоохранная зона Хафтад-Гхолех (центрально-восточный Иран). Фото: © Хассан Могхими

Sheep of hybrid origin (Ovis sp), taken on the opened areas

The main regions for hunting sheep in open areas are New Zealand, Croatia, and the USA.
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Самец и очень старая самка малого голубого барана, добытые Эрнстом Шефером вблизи Батана, долина Янцзы, провинция Сычуань, Китай. Фото: Эрнст Шефер, 1937

Dwarf Blue Sheep* (Pseudois nayaur schaeferi)

A restricted area in the gorge of the upper Yangtze River near Lê, south of Batang in western Sichuan and south-eastern Tibet. * Due to the existing legislative restrictions on hunting these species, such a trophy may be considered if it was harvested with ...
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Самцы китайского голубого барана, Данхэ-Шань, провинция Цинхай, Китай. Фото: © Ричард Харррис

Chinese blue sheep* (Pseudois nayaur szechuanensis)

Central China: central and eastern Qinghai, western Sichuan Province, Gansu, south-western Ningxia, as well as western and southern Inner Mongolia. The boundaries with the range of the Tibetan blue sheep in the west are unclear. * Due to the existing legislative restrictions on hunting ...
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Гривистый баран (Ammotragus lervia ssp)

Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia), introduced into Europe

Open hunting grounds in the mountainous regions of Spain and Croatia.
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