urial

Etymology
Borrowed from Pothohari, ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) A bearded reddish sheep, subspecies of  (including ), previously classified as, being endemic to southern Asia and believed to be a wild ancestor of domestic sheep.

Usage notes
Taxonomic classification of sheep species/subspecies remains incompletely decided.

The urial and the related mouflon are regarded as different subspecies groups of, but in the past have been classified as separate species. See

Translations

 * Finnish: persianlammas
 * Irish: úirial
 * Russian: уриа́л

Noun

 * 1)  species of wild sheep