TOPICS ;GAMES ANIMALS OF PAKISTAN Submitted by ; Muzamil shah Sbmitted to ; Sir Waqas Ahmad

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BLUE SHEEPPSEUDOIS NAYAUR

classification

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: MammaliaOrder: ArtiodactylaFamily: BovidaeSubfamily:

CaprinaeGenus: PseudoisSpecies: P. nayaurBinomial namePseudois nayaur

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2: URIAL SHEEP ( OVIS VIGNEI )

Scientific classificationKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: ArtiodactylaFamily: BovidaeGenus: OvisSpecies: O.orientalisSubspecies: O. o.vigneiTrinomial nameOvis orientalis vignei

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.

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.

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.

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.

FEEDING

Their preferred food is grasses. They will in time of fodder scarcity, browse the

leaves of Acacia Modesta and sometimes pink mucilaginous fruits.

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.