Blue sheep, or Bharal, are found in the remote mountain ranges of northern Pakistan between altitudes of 3,000-5,550 meters. They typically inhabit more open, grassy areas and are found in specific locations like Chat Pirt and Ghujerav in Shimshal. Though common in some areas, their overall distribution is very local in Pakistan. Urial sheep, or the Afghan urial subspecies, are found in Balochistan, KPK, and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. Their population is estimated between 2,500-3,000 animals in Balochistan. They inhabit gentler mountain slopes up to 2,750 meters in Balochistan and Waziristan,

2. TOPICS ;GAMES ANIMALS OF PAKISTAN
 Submitted by ; Muzamil shah
 Sbmitted to ; Sir Waqas Ahmad shams

3. BLUE SHEEPPSEUDOIS NAYAUR
classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily:
Caprinae
Genus: Pseudois
Species: P. nayaur
Binomial name
Pseudois nayaur

4. HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION:
 In Pakistan the Bharal inhabits the remote and
inaccesible mountian ranges of the Karakoram in
Northern Pakistan at 3000-5550 m / 10,000-18,500
ft.
 Blue sheep are not as agile as ibex,and are
typically found on more open and grassy areas.
 Blue sheep are found in Chat Pirt and Ghujerav
areas of Shimshal in Baltistan.

5. HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION:
 They are also found in Khunjerab National Park.
Shimshal marks the western most limit of their
range in the Himalaya. It is believed that Bharal are
common in the Shimshal area, but overall they are
very local in distribution in Pakistan. Bharal meat is
favoured by Shimshalis and they are hunted quiet
often.

6. SIZE
 Size: Body Length: 115-165 cm / 3.8-5.5 ft.
 Shoulder Height: 75-90 cm / 2.5-3 ft.
 Tail Length: 10-20 cm / 4-8 in.
 Weight: 35-75 kg / 77-165 lb.
 Colour
The short, dense coat is slate grey in colour, sometimes
with a bluish sheen. The underparts and backs of the
legs are white, while the chest and fronts of the legs are
black.

7. REPRODUCTION:
 Gestation Period: 160 days. Young per Birth: 1
 Sexual Maturity: At 1.5 years, although males do
not reach their full potential before age 7.
 Life span: 12-15 years.

8. SOCIAL BEHAVIOR:
 Solitary or in small groups of less than 20 animals
which consist of almost entirely one sex.
 Bharal are active throughout the day, alternating
between feeding and resting on the grassy
mountain slopes.
 Diet:
 Grasses, lichens, hardy herbacious plants,
mosses.

9. 2: URIAL SHEEP ( OVIS VIGNEI )
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Ovis
Species:
O.orientalis
Subspecies: O. o.vignei
Trinomial name
Ovis orientalis vignei

10. SUBSPECIES:
 Ovis. vignei. cycloceros (Afghan Urial)
 Ovis. vignei. punjabiensis (Punjab Urial)
 Ovis. vignei. vignei (Ladakh Urial)
 Size:
 Shoulder Height: 76.15-91.5cm / 30-36in.
 Horn Lenght: 63.5-105.5cm / 25-41.5in.

11. DESCRIPTION:
 Similar to the Marco Polo Sheep in general body proportions
and colouring but averaging considerably smaller in size with
shorter, less massive horns. The face is generally greyish,
the long slender legs and belly are creamy-white and the
body fur is a reddis-grey colour.
 Females have slender upward curving horns about
12.7cm(5in) long.
 The Punjab urial often has horns which are more massive at
their base than the Afghan population but these never vurve
round in more than a complete arc.

12. REPRODUCTION:
 Gestation Period: 150-180 days. Young per Birth:
Single or occasional twin lambs being born in mid-
April to early May in Punjab and often as early as
late March in Kirthar Range in Sind.
 Sexual Maturity: At 4-5 years. Life Span: 10-11
years.

13. SOCIAL BEHAVIOR:
 Like the Marco Polo sheep, Urial are gregarious and the
biggest herds consist of associations of female with their
followers and immature males.
 Feeding activity is confined to the early morning and
evening in the summer months.
 During the day they rest, usually under an overhanging
bush or rock where they are well concealed.

14. FEEDING
 Their preferred food is grasses.
 They will in time of fodder scarcity, browse the leaves of
Acacia Modesta and sometimes pink mucilaginous fruits.

15. HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION:
 In Pakistan, the Afghan urial is found in Baluchistan, KPK,and
Sindh Provinces. No total population census based on
surveys is available. Perhaps 2,500 - 3,000 animals lived in
Baluchistan
 In Baluchistan and Waziristan, the Urial inhabits the gentler
slopes of the higher mountain ranges and will occur up to
2,750m(9,000ft).
 In the Salt range and the Southern KPK. they are typically
associated with lower elevation rounded stony stony hills
dotted with wild olive.
 Around 1900 the Ladakh urial used to be a common animal of
northern Pakistan.