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The bharal is a major food of the snow leopard.

Crop damage caused by bharal has also been seen.

They consume all edible parts of the carcass, and can survive on a single bharal for two weeks before hunting again.

The rutting of the bharal starts in towards late November and continues until mid-January.

The bharal has horns that grow upwards, curve out and then towards the back, somewhat like an upside down mustache.

However, recent molecular analysis has shown the difference between the two species is slight, and suggests it should be treated as a subspecies of the bharal.

Other ungulate herbivores with overlapping natural ranges include bharal, argali, and goral.

The tahr is common, the serow, goral, musk deer and bharal, blue sheep are rare.

Both species in the genus are variously known as blue sheep, the bharal's alternate name being the Himalayan blue sheep.

Wildlife include deer, bison, bear, leopard, monkey, Himalayan blue sheep (bharal), argali, wolves, foxes etc.

The bharal was also the focus of George Schaller's and Peter Matthiessen's expedition to Nepal in 1973.

It has a very diverse flora and is the habitat of several endangered mammals, among them the snow leopard, serow, Himalayan musk deer and bharal.

En route, you may be able to spot the musk deer, blue sheep (bharal), Himalayan bear, Himalayan mouse hare, and snow leopard.

In Tibet, the argali must regularly compete with other grazing species for pasture, including Tibetan antelope, bharal, Thorold's deer and wild yaks.

Other wildlife to watch for include the Himalayan tahr (mountain goat), bharal (Himalayan blue sheep) and everyone's favourite shaggy bovine, the yak.

DNA sequencing recently revealed various sheep are close relatives (Goats, tahrs, sheep, bharal, Barbary sheep).

The dwarf blue sheep differs from the bharal primarily in size, with adult males weighing around 35 kg, half as much as the bharal.

Among the wildlife that can be found in Zanskar are the marmot, bear, wolf, snow leopard, kiang, bharal, alpine ibex, wild sheep and goats, and the lammergeier.

Dwarf blue sheep, Pseudois schaeferi The dwarf blue sheep (P. schaeferi) is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the bharal.

Recall my kindnesses to Pricklythrift, Shrub, Flax, Orpine, Bharal, Kalan, and Exmoor, Hierax.

Large herbivores are represented by elephants wild boar, forest musk deer, indian muntjac, hog deer, sambar, gaur, common goral, mainland serow, takin and bharal.

Nanda Devi National Park in Uttarakhand is the famous abode of this brownish grey Himalayan Big-Horn called Bharal.

The bharal is found in the high Himalayas of Nepal, Tibet, China, Kashmir, Pakistan, Bhutan and the Republic of India.

The Khunjerab National Park was established primarily as a means to protect the Marco Polo sheep (as well as Snow Leopards and Bharal) living in the area.

Its coat is a steely grey with a silvery sheen, with darker general colouration than the bharal, and the horns of the male are smaller, thinner and more upright, with no inward curl.