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How many babies does a Snow sheep have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Snow sheeps are in a litter?

A Snow sheep (Ovis nivicola) usually gives birth to around 1 babies.

Upon birth, they weight 3.5 kg (7.71 lbs) and measure 6.9 cm (0′ 3″). They are a member of the Bovidae family (genus: Ovis). An adult Snow sheep grows up to a size of 1.42 meter (4′ 8″).

To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.

The average litter size of a Snow sheep is 1

The snow sheep (Ovis nivicola), or Siberian bighorn sheep, is a species of sheep from the mountainous areas in the northeast of Siberia. One subspecies, the Putorana snow sheep (Ovis nivicola borealis), lives isolated from the other forms in the Putoran Mountains.

Other animals of the family Bovidae

Snow sheep is a member of the Bovidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Snow sheep

Those animals also give birth to 1 babies at once:

Animals with the same weight as a Snow sheep

What other animals weight around 90 kg (198.42 lbs)?