Ovis ammon (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:70.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.S. R., Kazakh S.S. R., Vostochno-Kazakhstansk. Obi., Altai Mtns., Bukhtarma; alternatively, Ust-Kamenogorsk .

DISTRIBUTION: Turkestan to Mongolia; south to Afghanistan, N. India; Ladak; Nepal; Sikkim; W. and N. China.

COMMENT: Corbet, 1978:218, and Haltenorth, 1963:121, included orientalis (= aries), musimon, and vignei; but see also review by Nadler et al., 1973, Z. Saugetierk., 38: 109- 125; Corbet and Hill, 1980:127.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as O. ammon .

CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as O. a. hodgsoni subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301419009041001001.