Population: Common, sometimes numerous.
Status: Non-endangered game animal.
Habitat: Their habitat covers the Sayans, Altai,Pamirs, Tien Shan, Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalayas. In Kazakhstan, it is common in the Tien Shan mountains (Ugamsky, Karatau, Talassky, Kirghiz, Ileysky, Kungei Alatau, Ketmen, Terskei Alatau), as well as Zhetysu Alatau, Saur, Altai ranges.
