I don't know if I'm more Jealous of your Pending World Record bow Ram
or
Your thick head of hair!! haha, with that Falcon on your forearm.
Congrats man,
Robb
PS ~~ Page 84 in this issue of our Wild Sheep mag/WSF
Look forward to catching up at Sheep Show in a few weeks
Mark
Congrats Tom!
Maybe go to the Wild Sheep website and see if they have the mag online??
Page 84 like I stated above.
Good luck, Robb
Don't mean to distract, but does Tom have a handle here?... Thanks...
Altai Argali
Ovis ammon
French: Mouflon argali / German: Altai-Wildschaf / Spanish: Argali del Altai
Other common names: Siberian Argali
Taxonomy. Capra ammon Linnaeus, 1758 , Altai Mountains.
The taxonomic status of argali in Mongolia remains unresolved. Based on genetic variation at the mitochondrial NDb5 locus, there was not sufficient genetic differentiation among populations in Mongolia to justify separating Altai and Gobi Argali (O. darwini) into separate evolutionarily significant units. However, based on mtD-NA control region and nuclear microsatellite analyses, there are two major wild sheep groups in Mongolia, the Altai Argali from the Altai and the Gobi Argali from the Hangay (west-central Mongolia) and Gobi Desert. Monotypic.
Distribution. E Russia, E Kazakhstan, W Mongolia, and NW China
Date is unknown so it may not even hold the top spot.
