The Gobi Argali is recorded from southern Mongolia and northern China, in desert, semi-desert and steppe landscapes near hills and mountains.
HMW reports two winter-coat phases in males: a dark chocolate-brown form and a paler dark-brown form with large whitish areas behind the shoulders, on the withers and back. The dark form also has whitish patches on the shoulders, withers and back.
In summer fecal samples, plant fragments averaged 62.5% shrubs, 21.2% forbs and 16.2% grasses by relative density.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.