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Ladakh urial (Ovis vignei vignei): India , northern Pakistan, Kashmir 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)
Despite a decline from over 500 to only around 200 individuals in the park during the 1980s, Chitral National Park still holds the largest population of the Astor Markhor in the world.Also present in the park in small numbers are the Siberian ibex and Ladakh urial, as well as the Asian black bear.
Other cats in Ladakh are even rarer than the snow leopard: the Siberian lynx (ee), numbering only a few individuals, and the Pallas's cat, which looks somewhat like a house cat. The Tibetan wolf ( shangku ) is the greatest threat to the livestock of the Ladakhis and as such is the most persecuted.
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Reach Ladakh Bulletin, [151] a biweekly newspaper in English, is the only print media published by and for Ladakhis. Rangyul or Kargil Number is a newspaper published from Kashmir covering Ladakh in English and Urdu. Ladags Melong, an initiative of SECMOL, was published from 1992 to 2005 in English and Ladakhi.
The bharal (Pseudois nayaur), also called the blue sheep, is a caprine native to the high Himalayas.It is the only member of the genus Pseudois. [3] It occurs in Pakistan India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar,and in China in the provinces of Gansu, Ningxia, Sichuan, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia. [1]
The monument identifier is a combination of the abbreviation of the subdivision of the list (state, ASI circle) and the numbering as published on the website of the ASI. 15 Monuments of National Importance have been recognized by the ASI in Ladakh.