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The range of the argali extends from Bokhara, through 

 the Altai and Tibet to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, and also 

 includes western Kamchatka. 



A. Ovis ammon ammon. 



Ovis argali altaica, Severtzow, Trans. Soc. Nat. Moscow, vol. viii, 



art. 2, p. 154, 1873. 

 Ovis ammon typica, Lydckkcr, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 177, 



1898; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 398, 1910. 



Typical locality Semipalatinsk, Altai. 



Largest of all sheep, the shoulder-height reaching to 

 about 48 inches. Horns very massive, with descending 

 portion inclined inwards, so that the horns are greatly 



PIG. 28. HEAD OF SIBERIAN ARGALI (Ovis ammon ammon). 



" nipped in " by the sides of the face, the tips directed much 

 outwards, so that the entire liorn forms rather more than a 

 complete circle, and both front angles rounded off; length in 

 fine specimens from 59 to 62, girth from 18 to 20 inches. 

 No throat-ruff, at any rate in summer. General colour of 

 head, neck, body, and limbs externally to knees and hocks, 

 in winter,* rufous brown tinged with grey; the latter 



* The specimen (No. 45. 4. 21. 9) from which this description is 

 mainly taken, was considered by Sir V. Brooke (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, 

 p. 519) to be in summer coat, but is certainly in winter dress. 



