Authority citation: Blyth, E. 1841-03. An amended list of the species of the genus Ovis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840:62-81.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571505
Original name as described: Ovis vignei
Nominal names: vignei E. Blyth, 1841 | cycloceros T. Hutton, 1842 | arkal Eversmann, 1850 | arkar Brandt, 1852 [unjustified emendation] | montana Cunningham, 1854 [preoccupied] | vignii (J. E. Gray, 1872) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | blanfordi A. O. Hume, 1877 | typica Lydekker, 1898 [nomen novum] | varentzowi Satunin, 1905 | arcar Nasonov, 1913 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | dolgopolovi Nasonov, 1913 | punjabiensis Lydekker, 1913 | bochariensis Nasonov, 1914 | arcar Sushkin, 1925 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | arabica Sopin & D. L. Harrison, 1986 [preoccupied] | varentsowi Grubb, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid] | varenzovi Groves & Grubb, 2011 [incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid]
Other common names: Shapo|Arkars|Shapu|Ladakh Urial|Transcaspian Urial|Blandford's Urial|Baluchistan Urial|Bukhara Urial|Afghan Urial|Turkmenian Sheep|Punjab Urial
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Artiodactyla -- Family: Bovidae -- Subfamily: Antilopinae -- Tribe: Caprini
Type locality: Astor, Kashmir.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Iran (IRN) | Afghanistan (AFG) | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Turkmenistan (TKM) | Tajikistan (TJK) | Uzbekistan (UZB) | Pakistan (PAK) | India (IND) | Oman?
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently flagged, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Vulnerable
Species-specific notes: split from O. gmelini (previously orientalis); includes arabica, punjabiensis, cycloceros, and bochariensis, which were considered distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab
Citation: Rezaei, H. R., Naderi, S., Chintauan-Marquier, I. C., Taberlet, P., Virk, A. T., Naghash, H. R., ... & Pompanon, F. (2010). Evolution and taxonomy of the wild species of the genus Ovis (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Bovidae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 54(2), 315-326.|Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
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