The ibex () is found in high craggy terrain of Europe, North Africa and Asia, and numbers several thousand in Ladakh: trekkers often spot them. The bharal or "blue sheep" (') is even more common, ranging in the Himalayas from Ladakh east as far as Sikkim. The Tibetan urial sheep (') is a rare goat found at lower elevations, mostly 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 Ladakh for decades if not generations.