"nests. Smaller predators, such as raptorial birds and smaller mammalian carnivores, are attacked by mother ewes, but in the presence of larger predators, the ewes quickly run away with the lambs following them. Argali are considered an endangered or threatened species throughout their entire range, due largely to habitat loss from overgrazing of domestic sheep and hunting. As the world's largest sheep, the lure to gather a trophy specimen is strong among sports-hunters. They are hunted for both their meat and their horns, used in traditional Chinese medicine, and poaching continues to be a major (and difficultilly managed) problem. Argali"
"also carry horns, but they are much smaller, usually measuring less than in total length. Currently, 9 subspecies of argali are recognized: Some sources classify mouflon as ""Ovis ammon musimon"", but DNA testing has not supported this. Several subspecies of argali have been genetically tested for mtDNA and one study found the subspecies ""O. a. ammon"", ""O. a. darwini"" and the urial subspecies, ""O. vignei bochariensis"" grouped closely, while the subspecies ""O. a. collium"" and ""O. a. nigrimontana"" grouped with the urial subspecies ""O. vignei arkal"". Argali range from central Kazakhstan in the west to the Shanxi Province in China"
"subspecies of argali living in Kazakhstan. In the Karkaraly National Nature Park the highest numbers of argali are in the Kent Mountains and in the neighboring Beldeutas Natural Reserve. The Pallas's cat is the size of a domestic cat, but it is different from an ordinary cat it that it has a dense body with short thick legs and very thick hair. Its eyes are yellow and unlike the domestic cat, its pupils remain round when looking at bright light. This species is very rare. The population continues to decline and they are on the verge of extinction. The exact"
"predominantly eat grasses, sedges, and forbs. At midelevation habitats, they more regularly feed on bushes and mesophyte grasses. In the lowest ranges and the spurs of deserts, grasses and sedges again predominate, but often of different species than the high-elevation ones. In north-central Kazakhstan, sprouts, leaves, flowers, and fruits are significant to the diet all year, whereas they appear to be a rare dietary supplement over the rest of the range. Water is needed by argali, which is rarely a problem for animals living at high elevation, where melting snow and small waterways are regularly encountered. In drier climes, argali"
"but most are seen in small herds numbering between three and 30 individuals. Females and their young live in larger groups, regularly up to 92 individuals and exceptionally to 200 animals. Migrating herds, especially males, have been reported. Most migration appear to be related to seasonally decreased food sources, though an overabundance of biting insects (especially gadflies), severe drought or fires, poaching by humans, and large numbers of domestic livestock may also trigger movements. With their long legs, herds can travel quickly from place to place. Argali tend to live at higher elevations during the summer. Argali reach breeding maturity"
"up residence in precipitous, jagged areas. Argali may search for regions in the mountains where snow cover is not heavy during the winter, following winds that blow snow off the earth. Rams are generally found at higher elevations more regularly than females and stay at higher elevations longer during the winter. Argalis live in herds typically numbering between two and 150 animals, segregated by sex, except during breeding season. Most populations show large numbers of adult females, constituting more than half of a local population, against around 20% adult males and a further 20% young argali. Some rams are solitary,"
"in the east and from the Altai Mountains in the north to the Himalayas to the south. They are a species of mountainous areas, living from elevations of . In protected areas, the species generally prefers gently sloping areas with soft broken terrain, although ewes with lambs often take up residence in more precipitous areas, characterized by canyons and jagged rocks. In areas where they are extensively hunted (such as Kazakhstan), they are more likely to be found in forested areas. In parts of China and Russia where they compete for resources with numerous domestic stock, argali more regularly take"
"age, but males appear to continue to grow larger and heavier in their third and fourth years. Milk teeth develop around three months of age, with a full set of teeth developing by around six months. By the time their teeth develop, lambs are capable grazers, but the ewes continue nursing them from August to May of the following year. Most argali live five to 10 years, but are capable of living 13 years in the wild. Adult argali eat of food a day. The vegetation preferred by the species varies based on elevation and area. In higher elevations, they"
"Mangani Mangani is the name of a fictional species of great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and of the invented language used by these apes. In the invented language, ""Mangani"" (meaning ""great-ape"") is the apes' word for their own kind, although the term is also applied (with modifications) to humans. The Mangani are represented as the apes who foster and raise Tarzan. The ""Mangani"" are described by Burroughs as approximately man-sized, and appear to be a species intermediate between chimpanzees and gorillas. He also described them as “man-like apes which the natives of the Gobi speak"
"gorillas, called ""Bolgani"" by the ""Mangani"", are explicitly stated to be a separate species. It has also been suggested that the ""Mangani"" be retroactively identified with the recently discovered Bili ape, a type of giant chimpanzee sharing some of the traits of the fictional species, including size and habitat. As described by Burroughs, ""Mangani"" are organized in tribal bands ruled by dominant males, or ""kings"", which subsist by foraging for fruit, grubs, insects, and sometimes meat, in localized territories. Tribes are generally identified by the names of their kings. Burroughs portrays the ""Mangani"" (and indeed most jungle animals) as susceptible"
"the ""Systema Naturæ"", Linnaeus and Gmelin treated the mouflon and argali as one species. Von Schreiber used the combination ""Ovis aries musimon"" as early as 1782. In 1792, Robert Kerr listed the ""Corsican argali"" as a separate variety of argali (""Ovis Ammon europaea""), writing I have introduced this variety on the authority of Mr Pennant, who distinguishes between the Argali of Corsica and the Siberian, though the difference seems chiefly in colour ; one specimen brought from that island by the famous Paoli, differed from the above in colour, having a large white spot on the front of the neck,"
"reintroduced from captive sources. Other species of mammals reported include: argali (""Ovis ammon"") (in the rocky mountains of the Gobi desert), common wolf, Mongolian saiga (""Saiga tatarica mongolica""), musk deer (""Moschus moschiferus""), Pallas's cat (""Felis manul"") or manul, black tailed gazelle (""Gazelle subgutturosa""), stone martin (""Martes foina""), and wild cats in the Altai ecoregion; wild boar (""Sus scrofa nigipes""), red deer (""Cervus elaphus""), roe deer in the forest areas and muskrat, red fox, steppe fox, and sable in the forest and steppe margin areas. Under the WWF-Mongolia conservation programme (a four-year project), snow leopards, Altai argali sheep and saiga antelope"
"variety of pets, including some which the Wizarding community considers impossible to domesticate. They are not always wrong. Rowling has said that Hagrid has little interest in tamer magical creatures because of the lack of a challenge, although he has a large but cowardly boarhound named Fang. Hagrid’s love of dangerous magical creatures is central to the plot of several books of the series. Aragog was an Acromantula, an enormous, sentient spider capable of speech, who made a unique clicking noise as he moved in search of prey. Hagrid raised Aragog from an egg as a Hogwarts student, keeping him"
"Arkan Sonney Arkan sonney (""lucky urchin"" or ""plentiful little pig"") is the Manx term for hedgehog. In Manx folklore it is a type of fairy animal that takes the form of a white pig that brings good fortune to those who manage to catch it. It was even considered a favourable omen just to have seen the ""lucky piggy"". It was also said that if you caught one you would always find a silver coin in your pocket. In ""Fairy Tales From the Isle of Man"" (1951) by Dora Broome, the white pig is described as having red eyes and"
"Archura Archura (, ""Arśuri""; , ""Arsuri""; ; , ""Arzjur"") is a shapeshifting woodland spirit in Turkic mythology who protects wild animals and forests. Archura usually appears as a man, but he is able to change his size from that of a blade of grass to a very tall tree. He has hair and a beard made from living grass, and is sometimes depicted with a tail, hooves, and horns. Archura has a close bond with the gray wolf (Turkish: Bozkurt). Legend describes him as having a red scarf and his left shoe on his right foot. He also had no"
"the last century due to indiscriminate shooting by hunters along the Leh-Srinagar highway. The Tibetan argali or Nyan is the largest wild sheep in the world, standing 3.5 to 4 feet at the shoulder with the horn measuring 90–100 cm. It is distributed on the Tibetan plateau and its marginal mountains encompassing a total area of 2.5 million km2. There is only a small population of about 400 animals in Ladakh. The animal prefers open and rolling terrain as it runs, unlike wild goats that climb into steep cliffs, to escape from predators. The endangered Tibetan antelope, known as ""chiru"""
"Aardwolf The aardwolf (""Proteles cristata"") is a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means ""earth-wolf"" in Afrikaans and Dutch. It is also called ""maanhaar-jackal"" (Afrikaans for ""mane-jackal"") or ""civet hyena"", based on its habit of secreting substances from its anal gland, a characteristic shared with the African civet. The aardwolf is in the same family as the hyena. Unlike many of its relatives in the order Carnivora, the aardwolf does not hunt large animals. It eats insects and their larvae, mainly termites; one aardwolf can lap up as many as 250,000 termites during a single"
"an individual white ape who glows and possesses mystical powers. The 2016 live-action film ""The Legend of Tarzan"" featured the ""Mangani"" as a distinct species of ape, describing them as being more aggressive and dangerous than gorillas. The ""Mangani"" themselves were computer-generated images using motion capture technology. Poems in Mangani have been written by members of the Oulipo group, like Jacques Jouet, Jacques Roubaud, or Hervé Le Tellier. Mangani Mangani is the name of a fictional species of great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and of the invented language used by these apes. In the invented"
"frigida"") and other sagebrush species (""Artemisia""). In dry years the dominant vegetation is grasses including feather grasses (""Stipa"" spp.) and wheatgrasses, and shrubs such as ""Caragana"" and the Gobi apricot. Thirty-three species of mammals have been recorded in the reserve. It is home to several ungulates including Argali sheep, Siberian ibex, goitered gazelle, Mongolian gazelle and Asiatic wild ass. Several of these are threatened or endangered. Carnivores include marbled polecat, European badger, corsac fox, red fox, grey wolf, Pallas's cat and Eurasian lynx. Among the smaller mammals present in the reserve are jerboas, gerbils, voles, hamsters, long-tailed ground squirrels, Tolai"
"Uluguru bushbaby The Uluguru bushbaby (""Galagoides orinus""), also known as the Mountain Dwarf Galago or the Amani Dwarf Galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. Like all galagos, it is a strepsirrhine primate. It is endemic to the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania at altitudes of 1,200 - 2,000 m. It has its own set of unique calls, which helps distinguish it from other species of bushbaby. Formerly classified as a subspecies of Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, the Uluguru bushbaby was recognised as a separate species in 1995 based on its unique call. It has been"
"Nargun A Nargun, according to Gunai/Kurnai tribal legends, a fierce half-human half-stone creature that lived in the Den of Nargun, a cave under a rock overhang behind a small waterfall located in the Mitchell River National Park, Victoria, Australia. Aboriginal legend describes the Nargun as a beast entirely made of stone except for its hands, arms and breast. The fierce creature would drag unwary travellers into its den. Any weapon directed against it would be turned back on its owner. The cave is found on Woolshed Creek, a small tributary of the Mitchell River in the Mitchell River National Park,"
"the ""A Song of Ice and Fire"" series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin; in particular, roasted aurochs are sometimes served at banquets. In the 2012 movie ""Beasts of the Southern Wild"", the six-year-old main character imagines aurochs, though the fantasy creatures are portrayed by ""costumed"" Vietnamese Pot-bellied piglets. This article incorporates Creative Commons license CC BY-2.5 text from reference. Aurochs The aurochs ( or ; pl. aurochs, or rarely aurochsen, aurochses), also known as urus or ure (""Bos primigenius""), is an extinct species of large wild cattle that inhabited Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It is the"
"ears, and though it can alter its size it is not able to change its shape. Arkan Sonney Arkan sonney (""lucky urchin"" or ""plentiful little pig"") is the Manx term for hedgehog. In Manx folklore it is a type of fairy animal that takes the form of a white pig that brings good fortune to those who manage to catch it. It was even considered a favourable omen just to have seen the ""lucky piggy"". It was also said that if you caught one you would always find a silver coin in your pocket. In ""Fairy Tales From the Isle"
"in river valleys, and therefore is often directly in competition with domesticated animals. They are now rare, numbering about one thousand. The Tibetan argali sheep (') is a relative of the Marco Polo sheep of the Pamirs. Impressive animals with huge horizontal curving horns, they are extremely rare in Ladakh, numbering only a couple hundred, but they do have a wide range throughout mountainous areas of the Chinese provinces of Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Gansu. The habitat of the extremely rare Tibetan gazelle (') is near the Tibetan border in southeastern Ladakh. The musk deer ("""") has not been seen in"
"Gurgi Gurgi is a fictional character in ""The Chronicles of Prydain"", the series of fantasy novels by Lloyd Alexander. Gurgi is the hero Taran's faithful companion, appearing in all five books. He is described as being a cross between man and beast, having long arms, covered with fur and leaves, and ever hungry but really ""just a sort of a, kind of a thing"". His demeanor is extremely loyal and caring, almost to a fault. His manner of speech is filled with rhymed pairs of words (""crunchings and munchings"", ""smackings and whackings"", ""sneakings and peekings"", etc.), and redundant phrases (""see"
"the imperial eagle, saker falcon, and Dalmatian pelican are protected internationally under the IUCN Red List. The park also has the lesser kestrel, which is protected internationally under the IUCN. The park has 46 species of mammals, including the wolf, red fox, corsac fox, European badger, wild boar, red deer, Siberian roe deer, moose, argali, Eurasian lynx, three species of bat, Pallas's cat, and many others. The argali and Pallas’s cat are protected under Kazakhstan’s Red Book of Protected Species. Argali are the largest species of sheep in the world. The argali in the national park are one of six"
"Okapi The okapi (; ""Okapia johnstoni""), also known as the forest giraffe, congolese giraffe or zebra giraffe, is an artiodactyl mammal native to the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. Although the okapi bears striped markings reminiscent of zebras, it is most closely related to the giraffe. The okapi and the giraffe are the only living members of the family Giraffidae. The okapi stands about tall at the shoulder and has an average body length around . Its weight ranges from . It has a long neck, and large, flexible ears. Its coat is a"
"the farmers have recognized this, but they are still killed, on occasion, for their fur. Dogs and insecticides are also common killers of the aardwolf. Aardwolfs are common sights at zoos. Frankfurt Zoo in Germany was home to the oldest recorded aardwolf in captivity at 18 years and 11 months. Aardwolf The aardwolf (""Proteles cristata"") is a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means ""earth-wolf"" in Afrikaans and Dutch. It is also called ""maanhaar-jackal"" (Afrikaans for ""mane-jackal"") or ""civet hyena"", based on its habit of secreting substances from its anal gland, a characteristic shared with"
"Barbegazi Barbegazi are mythical creatures from Swiss and French mythology. A variety of dwarf or gnome, a barbegazi resembles a small white-furred man with a long beard and enormous feet. They travel in the mountains that are their home by skiing with their massive feet, or using them as snowshoes. In the summer they aestivate in caves and tunnels and do not come out until the first snowfall. The word barbegazi comes from the French ""barbe-glacée"", meaning ""frozen beard"". Because of their penchant for high altitudes and low temperatures, they are rarely sighted by humans, but sometimes help shepherds round"
"Machali (tigress) Machali (Hindi for ""fish""; code name: T-16; c. 1996 – 18 August 2016), also known as Machli or Machhli, was a Bengal tigress who lived in Ranthambore National Park in India. She played a key role in the regeneration of the tiger population in the park in the early 2000s, and was celebrated with titles such as ""Queen Mother of Tigers"", ""Tigress Queen of Ranthambore"", ""Lady of the Lakes"", and ""Crocodile Killer"". She was considered India's most famous tigress, and on her death was considered the world's oldest tigress living in the wild. Machali, born in 1996 or"
"between domestic sheep and the wild Argali has since been proved to be insupportable due to a significant difference in genetic make-up and number of chromosomes. Before the Swaledale, Scottish Blackface, and Rough Fell emerged as distinct breeds, their 17th-century forerunner was the Linton. It was named after the West Linton market in Peeblesshire, which specialised in selling the hardy Lintons for Scottish Highland and other upland farming. At the beginning of the 18th century, the market is recorded as having sold upwards of 9,000 sheep in a single day, numbers which surely helped establish the breed firmly in upland"
"Pricolici A Pricolici (""pronounced"" /pri.koˈlit͡ʃʲ/) (same form in plural) is a werewolf/vampire fusion in the Romanian folklore. Similar to a vârcolac, although the latter sometimes symbolises a goblin, whereas the pricolici always has wolf-like characteristics. Pricolici, similar to strigoi, are undead souls that have risen from the grave to harm living people. While a strigoi possesses anthropomorphic qualities similar to the ones it had before death, a pricolici always resembles a wolf. Malicious, violent men are often said to become pricolici after death, in order to continue harming other humans. Some Romanian folklore delineates that Pricolici are werewolves in life"
"Mowgli Mowgli is a fictional character and the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's ""The Jungle Book"" stories. He is a naked feral child from the Pench area in Seoni, India, who originally appeared in Kipling's short story ""In the Rukh"" (collected in ""Many Inventions"", 1893) and then went on to become the most prominent and memorable character in his collections ""The Jungle Book"" and ""The Second Jungle Book"" (1894–1895), which also featured stories about other characters. In the stories, the name Mowgli is said to mean ""frog"", describing his lack of fur. Kipling made up the name, and it ""does not"