Type: Mammals. Diet: Herbivore. Group Name: Herd. Size: 5 to 6 feet. Weight: to pounds. Size relative to a 6-ft man:. Least concern. Least Concern Extinct. Current Population Trend: Stable. This photo was submitted to Your Shot, our photo community on Instagram. Follow us on Instagram at natgeoyourshot or visit us at natgeo.
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Classification: Mammal. Description The bighorn sheep's compact body is muscular, with chocolate brown fur trimmed in white on the muzzle, rump, and belly. Range Bighorn sheep live in the western mountainous regions of North America, ranging from southern Canada to Mexico. Diet In warmer months, bighorn sheep browses on grasses, clover, and sedges.
Behavior Mature males spend most of their year in bachelor flocks apart from groups of females and young sheep. Fun Fact Bighorn sheep groups protect themselves from predators by facing different directions, allowing them to keep watch on their surroundings. Donate Today. Sign a Petition. Donate Monthly. Nearby Events. All trick, no treat? The high price of harvesting cocoa for chocolate Read More.
Read More. Learn More. The National Wildlife Federation Uniting all Americans to ensure wildlife thrive in a rapidly changing world. Vrain River in and These new herds of bighorn along the eastern boundary of the park and the surviving native herds have continued to grow.
Today, approximately bighorn sheep live in the Rocky Mountain National Park area. Mondays - Fridays and a. Saturdays - Sundays in winter. Recorded Trail Ridge Road status: Explore This Park. Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado.
Info Alerts Maps Calendar Reserve. Alerts In Effect Dismiss. Dismiss View all alerts. Bighorn Sheep. Thick winter fur acts as a camouflaged coat. Ewes and lambs stay together in herds. Bighorn rams practice ramming each other. NPS Rams Actually Do Ram Mating occurs in the fall when rams use their horns as weapons of battle to fight for dominance or female mating rights.
Top: Yearlings feed on grass and soil at Sheep Lakes. Bottom: Rangers help a bighorn ram cross the road. Bighorn rams rest on the tundra. Rocky Mountain National Park provides protection for all wildlife.
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