Argali, the Glossary
The argali (Ovis ammon), also known as the mountain sheep, is a wild sheep that roams the highlands of western East Asia, the Himalayas, Tibet, and the Altai Mountains.[1]
Table of Contents
50 relations: Altai argali, Altai Mountains, Azad Kashmir, Bearded vulture, Bharal, Caprinae, Carl Linnaeus, China, Cinereous vulture, Cyperaceae, Dog, East Asia, Estrous cycle, Eurasian lynx, Flehmen response, Forb, Golden eagle, Himalayan wolf, Himalayas, IUCN Red List, Kazakhstan, Leopard, Marco Polo sheep, Mesophyte, Mitochondrial DNA, Mongolia, Mongolian language, Mouflon, Near-threatened species, Ovis, Pamir Mountains, Peter Simon Pallas, Poaceae, Red fox, Russia, Shanxi, Sheep, Siberia, Siberian ibex, Snow leopard, Sympatry, Tabanidae, Thorold's deer, Tibet, Tibetan antelope, Traditional Chinese medicine, Urial, Wolverine, Yak, 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
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Altai argali
The Altai argali (Ovis ammon ammon) is the nominate (predominant) subspecies of argali, a large-horned wild sheep endemic to the highlands of the Altai Mountains of Central Asia. Argali and Altai argali are mammals described in 1758, mammals of Central Asia and Ovis.
Altai Mountains
The Altai Mountains, also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central Asia and Eastern Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their headwaters.
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Azad Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee.
Bearded vulture
The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the lammergeier and ossifrage, is a very large bird of prey in the monotypic genus Gypaetus.
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Bharal
The bharal (Pseudois nayaur), also called the blue sheep, is a caprine native to the high Himalayas.
Caprinae
The subfamily Caprinae, also sometimes referred to as the tribe Caprini, is part of the ruminant family Bovidae, and consists of mostly medium-sized bovids.
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
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Cinereous vulture
The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) is a large raptor in the family Accipitridae and distributed through much of temperate Eurasia.
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Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges.
Dog
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Argali and dog are mammals described in 1758.
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East Asia
East Asia is a geographical and cultural region of Asia including the countries of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.
Estrous cycle
The estrous cycle (originally) is a set of recurring physiological changes induced by reproductive hormones in females of mammalian subclass Theria.
Eurasian lynx
The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. Argali and Eurasian lynx are mammals described in 1758, mammals of Central Asia and mammals of Pakistan.
Flehmen response
The flehmen response (from German flehmen, to bare the upper teeth, and Upper Saxon German flemmen, to look spiteful), also called the flehmen position, flehmen reaction, flehmen grimace, flehming, or flehmening, is a behavior in which an animal curls back its upper lip exposing its front teeth, inhales with the nostrils usually closed, and then often holds this position for several seconds.
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Forb
A forb or phorb is an herbaceous flowering plant that is not a graminoid (grass, sedge, or rush).
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Golden eagle
The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere.
Himalayan wolf
The Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) is a canine of debated taxonomy.
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya.
IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a part in Eastern Europe.
Leopard
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera. Argali and leopard are mammals described in 1758.
Marco Polo sheep
The Marco Polo sheep (Ovis ammon polii) is a subspecies of argali sheep, named after Marco Polo. Argali and Marco Polo sheep are mammals of Central Asia, mammals of Pakistan and Ovis.
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Mesophyte
Mesophytes are terrestrial plants which are adapted to neither particularly dry nor particularly wet environments.
Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA and mDNA) is the DNA located in the mitochondria organelles in a eukaryotic cell that converts chemical energy from food into adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
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Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.
Mongolian language
Mongolian is the principal language of the Mongolic language family that originated in the Mongolian Plateau.
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Mouflon
The mouflon (Ovis gmelini) is a wild sheep native to the Caspian region, including eastern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran. Argali and mouflon are Ovis.
Near-threatened species
A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as that may be vulnerable to endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify for the threatened status.
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Ovis
Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the Caprinae subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae.
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Pamir Mountains
The Pamir Mountains are a range of mountains between Central Asia and South Asia.
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Peter Simon Pallas
Peter Simon Pallas FRS FRSE (22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811) was a Prussian zoologist, botanist, ethnographer, explorer, geographer, geologist, natural historian, and taxonomist.
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Poaceae
Poaceae, also called Gramineae, is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses.
Red fox
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus parts of North Africa. Argali and red fox are mammals described in 1758.
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Shanxi
Shanxi is an inland province of China and is part of the North China region.
Sheep
Sheep (sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Argali and sheep are mammals described in 1758 and Ovis.
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Siberia
Siberia (Sibir') is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east.
Siberian ibex
The Siberian ibex (Capra sibirica), also known using regionalized names including Altai ibex, Asian ibex, Central Asian ibex, Gobi ibex, Himalayan ibex, Mongolian ibex or Tian Shan ibex, is a polytypic species of ibex, a wild relative of goats and sheep. Argali and Siberian ibex are mammals of Pakistan.
Snow leopard
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), occasionally called ounce, is a species of large cat in the genus Panthera of the family Felidae. Argali and snow leopard are mammals of Central Asia.
Sympatry
In biology, two related species or populations are considered sympatric when they exist in the same geographic area and thus frequently encounter one another.
Tabanidae
Horse-flies and deer flies are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera.
Thorold's deer
Thorold's deer (Cervus albirostris)Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves (2004).
Tibet
Tibet (Böd), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about.
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Tibetan antelope
The Tibetan antelope or chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii) (pronounced) is a medium-sized bovid native to the northeastern Tibetan plateau.
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Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China.
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Urial
The urial (Ovis vignei), also known as arkars, shapo, or shapu, is a wild sheep native to Central and South Asia. Argali and urial are mammals of Central Asia, mammals of Pakistan and Ovis.
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Wolverine
The wolverine (Gulo gulo), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, kwiihkwahaacheew), is the largest land-dwelling member of the family Mustelidae. Argali and wolverine are mammals described in 1758.
Yak
The yak (Bos grunniens), also known as the Tartary ox, grunting ox, or hairy cattle, is a species of long-haired domesticated cattle found throughout the Himalayan region of Gilgit-Baltistan (Kashmir, Pakistan), Nepal, Sikkim (India), the Tibetan Plateau, (China), Tajikistan and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia. Argali and yak are mammals of Central Asia.
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10th edition of Systema Naturae
The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.
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See also
Ovis
- Altai argali
- Argali
- Armenian mouflon
- Badlands bighorn
- Bighorn sheep
- Cyprus mouflon
- Dall sheep
- Desert bighorn sheep
- EBLEX
- European mouflon
- Marco Polo sheep
- Mouflon
- Ovis
- Ovis dalli dalli
- Ovis longipes palaeoaegyptiacus
- Ovis orientalis
- Sheep
- Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep
- Snow sheep
- Stone sheep
- Urial
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argali
Also known as Gobi argali, Great Tibetan Sheep, Kara Tau argali, Mountain sheep, O. ammon, Ovis ammon, Ovis ammon darwini, Ovis ammon hodgsoni.