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Three major habitats in the Golestan National Park were selected to evaluate the Urial Sheep (Ovis ammon arkal) by filed observation during 3 critical seasons (breeding, mating and wintering seasons) in 1997.The parameters investigated were: aspect, slope, vegetation, weather condition, water accessibility, age composition, sex ratio, percentage of breeding, number in group. The ranking and weighting method were used to asses and compare 3 habitat types. It was found that solegerd ranked first among 3 selected habitat types. Almeh and Lohondor ranked second and third.