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urial

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Noun1.urial - bearded reddish sheep of southern Asiaurial - bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia
genus Ovis, Ovis - sheep
wild sheep - undomesticated sheep


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In the south I hunted Blanford Urial and Sind ibex, the former being the smallest Urial sheep, the latter a small-bodied desert breed of ibex.
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.
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.
 
 
 
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