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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
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🐃Bharal

Pseudois nayaur (Hodgson, 1833)

The bharal, also called the blue sheep, is a caprine native to the high Himalayas. It inhabits the Himalayan alpine meadows and rocky slopes across Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, typically at altitudes of 2,200–5,500 m (7,200–18,000 ft).

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Also called
Blue Sheep, Greater Blue Sheep
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2014.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
51 kg
Body length
1.48 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
24 years
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Everything we know about the Bharal

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
51 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 55 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
1.48 m
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Maximum lifespan
24 years
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  • 21 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
7.54 years
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Age at maturity
1.2 years
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Gestation
160 days
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  • 160 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 2
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 1.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Herbivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Population density
0.79 per km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
51 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Bharal yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderArtiodactyla
  5. ›familyBovidae
  6. ›genusPseudois
  7. ›speciesPseudois nayaur
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  3. subfamilyCaprinae
  4. genusPseudois
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  12. suborderRuminantia
  13. infraorderPecora
  14. familyBovidae
  15. subfamilyCaprinae
  16. genusPseudois
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What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
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岩羊 (zh), Blauschaf (de), Nachur (pl), Pseudois nayaur (fr), Pseudois nayaur (es), bharal (hu) … and 19 more languages
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