Wild Sheep and Goats

Wild Sheep

• Bharal or Blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur): Seen in Ladak, Sikkim and Himalayas.
• Marco Polo’s sheep (Ovis ammon polii): Seen in Hunza of India. (They are seen in large numbers in Russian pamirs).
• Nayan or Great Tibetan sheep (Ovis ammon hodgsoni): Seen in Sikkim.
• Shapu or Urial (Ovis orientalis): Seen in Ladak, Punjab, Sind and Baluchistan.

Wild Goats

• Nilgiri tahr (Hemitragus hylocrius): Seen in Nilgiris to Anaimalais and southwards along the Western ghats from 4000-6000 feet.
• Wild goat (Capra hircus): Sighted in Baluchistan and Western Sind.
• Ibex (Capra ibex): Seen in Himalayas & Pin valley of Himachal Pradesh state.
• Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus).