Mammals · Artiodactyla · Bovidae
Pseudois nayaur
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
It combines features of both sheep and goats, which caused taxonomic confusion for decades; today it is placed in a genus of its own, Pseudois, whose name literally means "false sheep". It is the snow leopard's main prey.
Weight
35 kg – 75 kg
Size
1.2 m – 1.7 m
Life expectancy
12 years
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Herd
Lives in large groups as a strategy against predators.
Sighting difficulty
Easy
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Sources consulted: BioDB; Animal Diversity Web; AnAge; Ultimate Ungulate; Vedantu; Facts and Details; Wikipedia; PMC
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Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 11.
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