Editing Urial (section)

== Taxonomy==
''Ovis vignei'' was the [[scientific name]] proposed by [[Edward Blyth]] in 1841 for wild sheep in the [[Sulaiman Mountains]].<ref name="Blyth1841" /> The specific name honours [[Godfrey Vigne]] (1801–1863).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Beolens |first1=Bo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&dq=ovis+vignei+vigne&pg=PA431 |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals |last2=Watkins |first2=Michael |last3=Grayson |first3=Michael |date=November 18, 2009 |publisher=JHU Press |isbn=9780801895333 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

The ''vignei'' subspecies group consists of six individual subspecies:

* '''Ladakh urial''' (''Ovis vignei vignei''): [[India]] ([[Ladakh]] and [[Kashmir]]), northern Pakistan 
* '''Transcaspian urial''' (''Ovis vignei arkal''): Ustjurt-Plateau (Turkmenistan, [[Uzbekistan]], northern Iran) and western [[Kazakhstan]]
*'''Blanford's urial''' or '''Baluchistan urial''' (''Ovis vignei blanfordi''): Pakistan (Balochistan)
*'''Bukhara urial''' (''Ovis vignei bochariensis''): Uzbekistan, [[Tajikistan]], Turkmenistan, Afghanistan

*'''Afghan urial''' or '''Turkmenian sheep''' (''[[Ustyurt Mountain sheep|Ovis vignei cycloceros]]''): southern [[Turkmenistan]], eastern [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]] (north [[Balochistan]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Green Pioneers - Chapter 13 |url=http://www.un.org.pk/undp/sgp/green-pioneers/chap-13.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703204340/http://www.un.org.pk/undp/sgp/green-pioneers/chap-13.htm |archive-date=2008-07-03 |access-date=2009-03-15}}</ref>
*'''Punjab urial''' (''Ovis vignei punjabiensis''):  provincial animal of [[Punjab, Pakistan]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kobilinsky |first=Dana |date=2023-07-26 |title=JWM: Connectivity could aid Pakistan's struggling wild sheep |url=https://wildlife.org/jwm-connectivity-could-aid-pakistans-struggling-wild-sheep/ |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=The Wildlife Society |language=en-US}}</ref>