How big does a Bighorn sheep get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) reaches an average size of 1.57 meter (5′ 2″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 24 years, they grow from 4.12 kg (9.08 lbs) to 74.63 kg (164.53 lbs). A Bighorn sheep has 1 babies at once. The Bighorn sheep (genus: Ovis) 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 bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) is a species of sheep native to North America. The species is named for its large horns. A pair of horns might weigh up to 14 kg (30 lb); the sheep typically weigh up to 143 kg (315 lb). Recent genetic testing indicates three distinct subspecies of Ovis canadensis, one of which is endangered: O. c. sierrae. Sheep originally crossed to North America over the Bering Land Bridge from Siberia; the population in North America peaked in the millions, and the bighorn sheep entered into the mythology of Native Americans. By 1900, the population had crashed to several thousand, due to diseases introduced through European livestock and overhunting.
Animals of the same family as a Bighorn sheep
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Gayal with a size of 2.7 meter (8′ 11″)
- Long-tailed goral with an average maximal age of 13.17 years
- Red-fronted gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- Japanese serow with 1 babies per litter
- Przewalski’s gazelle bringing 27.5 kilos (60.63 lbs) to the scale
- Tibetan antelope with 1 babies per litter
- Impala with a size of 1.42 meter (4′ 8″)
- Domestic yak with 1 babies per litter
- Takin with a size of 1.74 meter (5′ 9″)
- Bharal with a size of 1.3 meter (4′ 4″)
Animals with the same size as a Bighorn sheep
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Bighorn sheep:
- Dama gazelle with a size of 1.46 meter (4′ 10″)
- Galápagos fur seal with a size of 1.36 meter (4′ 6″)
- Llama with a size of 1.66 meter (5′ 6″)
- Guadalupe fur seal with a size of 1.71 meter (5′ 8″)
- Harbour porpoise with a size of 1.53 meter (5′ 1″)
- Eld’s deer with a size of 1.65 meter (5′ 5″)
- White-tailed deer with a size of 1.51 meter (5′ 0″)
- Common tsessebe with a size of 1.7 meter (5′ 7″)
- Philippine deer with a size of 1.26 meter (4′ 2″)
- Markhor with a size of 1.59 meter (5′ 3″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Bighorn sheep
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Bighorn sheep:
- Chimpanzee
- Naked-rumped pouched bat
- Tweedy’s crab-eating rat
- Goa (antelope)
- Admiralty Island cuscus
- Tamaraw
- Greater long-nosed bat
- Jentink’s duiker
- Natterer’s bat
- Cave nectar bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Bighorn sheep
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Bighorn sheep:
- North American river otter with an average maximal age of 25 years
- Fossa (animal) with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Finless porpoise with an average maximal age of 23 years
- South American sea lion with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- Leopard with an average maximal age of 23 years
- Northern olingo with an average maximal age of 25 years
- European bison with an average maximal age of 27 years
- Sumatran serow with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Southern elephant seal with an average maximal age of 23 years
- South Asian river dolphin with an average maximal age of 28 years
Animals with the same weight as a Bighorn sheep
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Ovis canadensis:
- Commerson’s dolphin with a weight of 72.4 kilos (159.61 lbs)
- Yellow-backed duiker with a weight of 61.65 kilos (135.91 lbs)
- Burmeister’s porpoise with a weight of 60 kilos (132.28 lbs)
- Spectacled porpoise with a weight of 65 kilos (143.3 lbs)
- South Asian river dolphin with a weight of 75.99 kilos (167.53 lbs)
- Common warthog with a weight of 82.5 kilos (181.88 lbs)
- Baikal seal with a weight of 89.5 kilos (197.31 lbs)
- Baikal seal with a weight of 89.5 kilos (197.31 lbs)
- Bontebok with a weight of 77.24 kilos (170.28 lbs)
- Jaguar with a weight of 84.26 kilos (185.76 lbs)