Common name : Arkars, Shapo
Scientific name : Ovis orientalis vignei
Family : Bovidae
Native to : Central Asia
Interesting fact : It is found in Ladakh as well.
Conservation status : Threatened
It is a type of wild sheep. It has reddish-brown long fur that fades during winter. Urial males have large horns, curling outwards from the top of the head turning in to end somewhere behind the head; females have shorter, compressed horns. They are hunted or poached, and this has reduced their numbers considerably.
