Bighorn sheep specs:

Name for male, female, and young

Ram, Ewe, Lamb

Female adult weight

140 lbs

Male adult weight

200 lbs

Neonate weight

9.5 lbs

Young to adult size ratio

1:15

Male to female size ratio

1.4:1

Age range

Geriatric age

Weapons

Horns

Average number of offspring

Max number of offspring

Length of gestation

175 days

Timing of parturition (i.e., birth)

May-July

Age of first reproduction

2 (occasionally 1)

Timing of rut

November-December

Social or solitary

Hider or follower

Harem holder or tending bond

Browser or grazer

Primary summer food

Poa spp. (Grass), Carex spp. (Sedges), Astragalus spp. (Milkvetch)

Grass Sedges Milkvetch

Primary winter food

Poa spp. (Grass), Carex spp. (Sedges), Astragalus spp. (Milkvetch)

Grass Sedges Milkvetch

Migration strategy

Most often elevational migrants, sometimes residents

Primary predator

Coyotes, mountain lion

Common disease(s)

Pneumonia, Scrapie, contagious ecthyma

Winter habitat

Lower elevation near escape terrain

Summer habitat

High elevation, alpine habitats, rocky slopes near escape terrain

Icon credits: DNA by LAFS from the Noun Project, Food Chain by James Keane from the Noun Project
Blue grass picture: By Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA - Poa secunda Uploaded by Jacopo Werther, CC BY-SA 2.0,
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Pubs!

Make a pub(lications) crawl through our recent findings:

LaSharr, T. N., R. A. Long, J. R. Heffelfinger, V. C. Bleich, P. R. Krausman, R. T. Bowyer, J. M. Shannon, R. W. Klaver, C. E. Brewer, M. Cox, A. A. Holland, A. Hubbs, C. P. Lehman, J. D. Muir, B. Sterling, and K. L. Monteith. 2019. Hunting mountain sheep: Do current harvest practices affect horn growth? Evolutionary Applications.

LaSharr, T. N., R. A. Long, J. R. Heffelfinger, V. C. Bleich, P. R. Krausman, R. T. Bowyer, J. M. Shannon, E. M. Rominger, C. P. Lehman, M. Cox, and K. L. Monteith. 2019. Biological relevance of antler, horn, and pronghorn size in records programs. Journal of Mammalogy.