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Bharal size: How big do they get?

How big does a Bharal get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Bharal (Pseudois nayaur) reaches an average size of 1.3 meter (4′ 4″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 24 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 52.16 kg (114.98 lbs). A Bharal has 1 babies at once. The Bharal (genus: Pseudois) 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 average adult size of a Bharal is  (4' 4

The bharal (Pseudois nayaur), also called the Helan Shan blue sheep, Chinese blue sheep, Himalayan blue sheep or naur, is a caprid found in Bhutan, Gansu, the high Himalayas of India, Inner Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Ningxia, Pakistan, Sichuan and Tibet. The Helan Mountains of Ningxia has the highest concentration of bharal in the world, with 15 bharals per square kilometer and 30,000 in total. Its native names include yanyang (岩羊) in Mandarin, bharal, barhal, bharar and bharut in Hindi, na or sna in Tibetan and Ladakh, nabo in Spitian, naur in Nepali and na or gnao in Bhutan.The bharal was also the focus of George Schaller’s and Peter Matthiessen’s expedition to Nepal in 1973. Their personal experiences are well documented by Matthiessen in his book, The Snow Leopard. The bharal is a major food of the snow leopard.

Animals of the same family as a Bharal

We found other animals of the Bovidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Bharal

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bharal:

Animals with the same litter size as a Bharal

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Bharal:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Bharal

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Bharal:

Animals with the same weight as a Bharal

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pseudois nayaur: