It is hard to guess what a Bighorn sheep weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) on average weights 74.63 kg (164.53 lbs).
The Bighorn sheep is from the family Bovidae (genus: Ovis). It is usually born with about 4.12 kg (9.08 lbs). They can live for up to 24 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 1.57 meter (5′ 2″). Usually, Bighorn 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 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:
- Topi bringing 127.19 kilos (280.41 lbs) to the scale
- Blue duiker bringing 4.86 kilos (10.71 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain nyala bringing 215 kilos (473.99 lbs) to the scale
- Speke’s gazelle bringing 20 kilos (44.09 lbs) to the scale
- Harvey’s duiker bringing 14.5 kilos (31.97 lbs) to the scale
- Sumatran serow bringing 110.94 kilos (244.58 lbs) to the scale
- Long-tailed goral bringing 27 kilos (59.52 lbs) to the scale
- Southern reedbuck bringing 57.94 kilos (127.74 lbs) to the scale
- Beira (antelope) bringing 10.91 kilos (24.05 lbs) to the scale
- Argali bringing 113.67 kilos (250.6 lbs) to the scale
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:
- Kob with a weight of 79.77 kilos (175.86 lbs)
- White-tailed deer with a weight of 75.6 kilos (166.67 lbs)
- Ringed seal with a weight of 71.1 kilos (156.75 lbs)
- Sitatunga with a weight of 75.28 kilos (165.96 lbs)
- Jentink’s duiker with a weight of 68 kilos (149.91 lbs)
- Javan warty pig with a weight of 89.2 kilos (196.65 lbs)
- Red river hog with a weight of 70 kilos (154.32 lbs)
- Puku with a weight of 71.23 kilos (157.04 lbs)
- Nilgiri tahr with a weight of 73.94 kilos (163.01 lbs)
- Spotted hyena with a weight of 63.69 kilos (140.41 lbs)
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:
- Visayan warty pig with a size of 1.35 meter (4′ 6″)
- Saola with a size of 1.75 meter (5′ 9″)
- Juan Fernández fur seal with a size of 1.7 meter (5′ 7″)
- Mule deer with a size of 1.52 meter (5′ 0″)
- White-tailed deer with a size of 1.51 meter (5′ 0″)
- Tiger with a size of 1.83 meter (6′ 0″)
- Jaguar with a size of 1.33 meter (4′ 5″)
- Anoa with a size of 1.58 meter (5′ 3″)
- Taruca with a size of 1.55 meter (5′ 2″)
- Soemmerring’s gazelle with a size of 1.36 meter (4′ 6″)
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:
- Bongo (antelope)
- Goldman’s woodrat
- Mongoose lemur
- Highland brush mouse
- Pale spear-nosed bat
- Western broad-nosed bat
- Indri
- Mountain goat
- Northern greater galago
- Spotted giant flying squirrel
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Bighorn sheep
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Bighorn sheep:
- Guatemalan black howler with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Scimitar oryx with an average maximal age of 20.42 years
- Northern plains gray langur with an average maximal age of 25 years
- West Caucasian tur with an average maximal age of 20.5 years
- Purple-faced langur with an average maximal age of 23 years
- White-faced saki with an average maximal age of 20.67 years
- Water buffalo with an average maximal age of 28.25 years
- Black crested mangabey with an average maximal age of 26.75 years
- Red deer with an average maximal age of 26.75 years
- Himalayan tahr with an average maximal age of 21.75 years