URIAL AFGHAN Hunting
Ovis vignei cycloceros
Distribution: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan. Introduced to private ranches in the USA.
Description: Shoulder height about 32 inches (81 cm). Overall color varies from reddish-buff to yellowish-brown. Rump patch and underparts are white, the face is bluish-gray. Rams have a white bib, long black neck ruff and a small black saddle spot in winter coat. The horns are homonymous, triangular in cross section, and strongly wrinkled.
CITES: Appendix II. Only an export permit is required. These species do not require an import permit (only in some countries that have adopted more strict rules).
