bharal

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q465019
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Summary

bharal is a taxon[1]. bharal ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,544 views/month, #1,372 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Pseudois[5]
  • Taxon name: Pseudois nayaur[6]
  • Commons category: Pseudois nayaur[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pseudois nayaur[8]
  • Commons gallery: Pseudois nayaur[9]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10]
  • Short name: P. nayaur[11]
  • Taxon common name: Bharal[12], Blue Sheep[13], Greater Blue Sheep[14], Großes Blauschaf[15], 岩羊[16]
  • Gestation period: 160 day[17]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 20.9 years[18]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[19]
  • Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (India) schedule: Schedule I (Part I) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972[20]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix III of CITES[21]

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Identifiers

bharal's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42313[22]. bharal's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 59542[23]. bharal's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1038776[24]. bharal's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441008[25]. bharal's ITIS TSN is recorded as 625156[26].

Why It Matters

bharal has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] bharal is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . India Schedule Species Database. wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Longest observed lifespan → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+20.9'}
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
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