| Altai argali | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Ovis |
| Species: | O. ammon |
| Subspecies: | O. a. ammon |
| Binomial name | |
| Ovis ammon ammon (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Altai argali (Ovis ammon ammon) is a traditional subspecies of argali, wild sheep that roam the highlands of Altai Mountains.
Altai argali are the largest of all sheep, with the heaviest horns, those of mature males normally 45-50 and up to 75 pounds (35kg).[2]
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