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{{subspeciesbox
| name = Altai argali
| status = VU
| image=
| status_system = IUCN2.3
| status_ref = <ref>[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/15741/all Entry in the list of endangered species]</ref>
| genus = Ovis
| species = ammon
| subspecies = ammon
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
}}

'''Altai argali''' ('''''Ovis ammon ammon''''') is a traditional [[subspecies]] of [[argali]], a wild [[sheep]] that roams the highlands of the [[Altai Mountains]] in [[Central Asia]].

Altai argali are the largest of all sheep.

They have the heaviest horns. Those of mature males normally 45-50 and up to 75 pounds (35&nbsp;kg).<ref>[[Rashid Jamsheed]], "Memories of a Sheep Hunter", Safari Press (1996, 2nd edition) ISBN 1-57157-021-7</ref>

==References==
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{{Argali}}

[[Category:Ovis]]
[[Category:Fauna of Central Asia]]
[[Category:Megafauna of Eurasia]]
[[Category:Mammals of China]]
[[Category:Mammals of Russia]]
[[Category:Mammals of Mongolia]]
[[Category:Fauna of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Animals described in 1758]]

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