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How much does a Barbary sheep weight?

It is hard to guess what a Barbary sheep weights. But we have the answer:

An adult Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) on average weights 93.7 kg (206.58 lbs).

The Barbary sheep is from the family Bovidae (genus: Ammotragus). It is usually born with about 4.5 kg (9.92 lbs). They can live for up to 21 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.45 meter (4′ 10″). Usually, Barbary sheeps have 1 babies per litter.

As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.

The average adult weight of a Barbary sheep is 93.7 kg (206.58 lbs)

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:

  • Bharal bringing 52.16 kilos (114.99 lbs) to the scale
  • Suni bringing 5.63 kilos (12.41 lbs) to the scale
  • Dall sheep bringing 70 kilos (154.32 lbs) to the scale
  • Arabian oryx bringing 75.43 kilos (166.29 lbs) to the scale
  • Hirola bringing 78.6 kilos (173.28 lbs) to the scale
  • Domestic yak bringing 500 kilos (1102.31 lbs) to the scale
  • Chinkara bringing 18.91 kilos (41.69 lbs) to the scale
  • Nile lechwe bringing 85.5 kilos (188.5 lbs) to the scale
  • Urial bringing 51.8 kilos (114.2 lbs) to the scale
  • Giant eland bringing 644.51 kilos (1420.9 lbs) to the scale

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:

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:

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:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Barbary sheep

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Barbary sheep: