What is a urial?

1. What kind of animal urial is?
2. Is urial a sheep or goat?
3. Where does a urial live?
4. What is a group of urial called?
5. Why are Urial endangered?
6. What color is a Urial?
7. What do Urial sheep eat?
8. Where are sheep found?
9. What is a stumberg sheep?

What kind of animal urial is?

urial, (Ovis orientalis), medium-size, rather stout-bodied wild sheep, distributed from northwest India and Ladakh to southwest Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.

Is urial a sheep or goat?

The urial (Ovis vignei), also known as the arkars or shapo, is a wild sheep native to Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Where does a urial live?

Urial occur in the northwest Himalayas, Karakoram, Hindu Kush, and southwest Pamir, as well as outside snow leopard range in western Central Asia, Iran, the Caucasus, and Turkey (Shackleton, 1997). Several subspecies have been named and the eastern forms are separated by some authors as Ovis vignei.

What is a group of urial called?

A urial, or Ovis Orientalis, is found in the wild areas, living in a group. There are several group names of these sheep species, like a flock, mob, herd, and so on.

Why are Urial endangered?

Because they are found in lower elevations, including mountain foothill regions, populations compete directly with livestock for seasonal grazing areas, and because of higher human densities in these lower elevations, indiscriminate hunting pressure has caused dramatic declines in urial numbers.

What color is a Urial?

color is reddish-tan. Rump patch, muzzle, belly and lower legs are white. A dark band separates the belly from the upper body. Males have a white bib, a black neck ruff and a grayish saddle patch in the winter coat.

What do Urial sheep eat?

Urial sheep are herbivorous and eat a range of unspecified plants, probably grasses and shrubs. They also eat grains.

Where are sheep found?

Wild sheep are most often found across the Middle East, Asia, Central Europe and North America, where they inhabit steep mountainous areas. The sheep found here can live on very cold, dry mountains as high up as 1,200m- and some breeds such as Urials can live even higher up.

What is a stumberg sheep?

The Stumberg Sheep is a hybrid species bred from Mouflon ewes and Argali rams created by the late patriarch of the Patio Ranch, Louis Stumberg. ... These unique animals have the Mouflon's reddish coloring, complete with the white saddle, but the horns retain the corkscrew shape and massive length of the Argali.