ur·i·al

(o͝or′ē-əl)

A wild sheep (Ovis vignei syn. O. orientalis subsp. vignei), of Central and South Asia, having a reddish-brown coat and long, curved horns in the male.

[Western dialectal Punjabi huṛeāl (eastern Punjabi huṛiār), from Prakrit huḍa-, ram, from Sanskrit huḍaḥ, of unknown origin.]

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urial

(ˈʊərɪəl)

(Animals) a variant spelling of oorial

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ur•i•al

(ˈʊər i əl)

n.

a wild sheep, Ovis orientalis, of S Asia.

[1885–90; < Punjabi hureāl]

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urial - bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia

Ovis vignei

genus Ovis, Ovis - sheep

wild sheep - undomesticated sheep

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LAHORE -- The Punjab Wildlife Department recovered three baby mouflon sheep (Urial) from illegal capitivity of a man in Mandi Bahauddin district.

Wildlife Deptt recovers three Urials

The phylogenetic tree using Neighbor-Joining method based on partial mtDNA control region (481bp) of Kail sheep rooted with wild sheep (Urial) revealed two mitochondrial lineages A and B (Figure 1).

Short Communication - EXTRA NUCLEAR DNA CONTROL REGION AND CYTOCHOME B GENE BASED PHYLOGENY OF KAIL SHEEP BREED OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR: IMPLICATIONS TOWARDS CONSERVATION

It provides a good habitat for different wildlife species like Punjab Urial (Ovis orientalis punjabiensis), Asiatic jackal (Canis aureus), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), desert hare (Lepus nigricollis), Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) besides the two mongoose species (Herpestes javanicus and H.

Comparative Ecology of Two Sympatric Mongoose Species (Herpestes javanicus and H. edwardsii) in Pothwar Plateau, Pakistan

Then west to the several urial sheep and on to the mouflons ("moufliforms").

20 sheep 30 goats 40 years of mountain hunting

Though much of the park's wildlife has been lost, recent surveys indicate that it still contains ibex (a species of wild goat) and urial (a type of wild sheep), along with wolves, foxes, smaller mammals and fish, and various bird species including the Afghan snow finch, which is believed to be the only bird found exclusively in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan announces establishment of first national park

--Sir Bani Yas Island is home to many animals that the World Conservation Union classifies as critically endangered or vulnerable to the wild, including sea turtles, sand gazelles, blackbuck antelope, Urial sheep, barbay sheep and Arabian oryx.

Grand plans ahead for Sir Bani Yas Island

According to the notification, zebras, nilgai, hog deer, barking deer, urial and blackbuck will be fed green fodder at 9am and grams at 12pm.

Elephant keepers suspended for allegedly stealing Kavaan's food

These include one chital, three blackbucks and one urial. The number of markhors, which is also the national animal of Pakistan, has also increased with the birth of four baby markhors.

Safari Park ensures its animals can beat the heat

The initiative was aimed at protection of Markhor and Urial in Torghar hills of Baluchistan.

KP Wildlife deptt applies for doubling of Markhor hunting permits from existing four to eight

Community-based Trophy Hunting Programme of wild ungulates (Markhor, Urial, Ibex and Blue Sheep) is being successfully implemented in Pakistan.

World Wildlife Day opportunity to renew pledge for nature conservation: Mushahidullah

The majority of urial were recorded at the elevation range of 2600-3000 m amsl, while the minimum between 4000 to 5000 m amsl showing a continuous decline with increasing elevation (Fig.

Conservation Status of Ladakh Urial (Ovis vignei vignei Blyth, 1841) in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan

Methodology: After a careful survey of the whole area, selection of four sites was made based on elevation, aspect and vegetation type, to monitor the population density of the urial (Table 1).

POPULATION DENSITY AND HABITAT STATUS OF PUNJAB URIAL (Ovis vignei punjabiensis) IN DILJABBA-DOMELI GAME RESERVE, PUNJAB PAKISTAN