How big does a Barbary sheep get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) reaches an average size of 1.45 meter (4′ 10″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 21 years, they grow from 4.5 kg (9.92 lbs) to 93.7 kg (206.58 lbs). A Barbary sheep has 1 babies at once. The Barbary sheep (genus: Ammotragus) is a member of the family Bovidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) arrui or aoudad is a species of caprid native to rocky mountains in North Africa. Six subspecies have been described. Although it is rare in its native North Africa, it has been introduced to North America, southern Europe, and elsewhere. It is also known in the Berber language as awdad, waddan, arwi, and arrwis.
Animals of the same family as a Barbary sheep
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Red-flanked duiker with a size of 65 cm (2′ 2″)
- Bluebuck bringing 150 kilos (330.69 lbs) to the scale
- Addax with 1 babies per litter
- Thomson’s gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Ogilby’s duiker with a size of 100 cm (3′ 4″)
- Gerenuk with a size of 1.5 meter (5′ 0″)
- Saola with a size of 1.75 meter (5′ 9″)
- Nubian ibex with 1 babies per litter
- Kob with a size of 1.7 meter (5′ 7″)
- Pyrenean chamois bringing 30 kilos (66.14 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Barbary sheep
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Barbary sheep:
- Spotted hyena with a size of 1.3 meter (4′ 4″)
- Mountain goat with a size of 1.3 meter (4′ 4″)
- Capybara with a size of 1.21 meter (4′ 0″)
- Mongolian gazelle with a size of 1.24 meter (4′ 1″)
- Dibatag with a size of 1.51 meter (5′ 0″)
- Bornean bearded pig with a size of 1.35 meter (4′ 6″)
- Lesser kudu with a size of 1.68 meter (5′ 6″)
- Kob with a size of 1.7 meter (5′ 7″)
- Harbor seal with a size of 1.61 meter (5′ 4″)
- Alpaca with a size of 1.72 meter (5′ 8″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Barbary sheep
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Barbary sheep:
- Woylie
- Grandidier’s mongoose
- Big hairy armadillo
- Grey-headed flying fox
- Ursine tree-kangaroo
- Parma wallaby
- Sangihe tarsier
- Black-capped squirrel monkey
- Mountain nyala
- Common brushtail possum
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Barbary sheep
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Barbary sheep:
- White-nosed coati with an average maximal age of 17.67 years
- Bharal with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Anoa with an average maximal age of 22.5 years
- Springbok with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Mediterranean monk seal with an average maximal age of 23.67 years
- Six-banded armadillo with an average maximal age of 18.75 years
- Crested mona monkey with an average maximal age of 24.08 years
- Tana River mangabey with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Purple-faced langur with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Brown-mantled tamarin with an average maximal age of 24.5 years
Animals with the same weight as a Barbary sheep
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ammotragus lervia:
- Ribbon seal with a weight of 90 kilos (198.42 lbs)
- Atlantic spotted dolphin with a weight of 110 kilos (242.51 lbs)
- Lechwe with a weight of 88.02 kilos (194.05 lbs)
- Hirola with a weight of 79.13 kilos (174.45 lbs)
- Juan Fernández fur seal with a weight of 95 kilos (209.44 lbs)
- Baiji with a weight of 112.07 kilos (247.07 lbs)
- Ribbon seal with a weight of 90 kilos (198.42 lbs)
- Reindeer with a weight of 108.73 kilos (239.71 lbs)
- Arabian oryx with a weight of 75.43 kilos (166.29 lbs)
- Subantarctic fur seal with a weight of 92.21 kilos (203.29 lbs)