Ovis polii is a wild sheep described from the dry Pamir steppe. Males have long, winding horns, and the sheep use rolling hills, broad valleys, and gradual mountain sides.
The 2008 paper on Marco Polo sheep in the Pamirs describes their long, winding horns as a characteristic feature.
In the Pamirs, Marco Polo sheep prefer rolling hills, broad valleys, and gradual mountain sides over cliff terrain. The arid steppe has sparse dwarf shrubs and graminoids, especially Stipa; willow, buckthorn, sedges, and forbs grow along some streams, rivulets, and seepages.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.