The Afghan urial is a sub-specie of urial. Overall coloration varies from dull red to yellowish-brown. The rump patch and underparts are white, the face a bluish-gray. Rams have a white bib, black neck, and a small black saddle in the winter coat. The horns are triangular in cross-section and strongly wrinkled. The longest recorded horns measured 41-1/2 inches (105 cm) (Rowland Ward, 1909). Females have small, straight horns. It is native to Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, west of the Indus River and north of Quetta but south of Chitral. Boundaries with the trans-Caspian urial to the west have not been determined.