UNGULATES

The difference between a bovid and a cervid is that the former has horns it will keep its entire life, and the latter has antlers which it will lose every year.

BIGHORN SHEEP

EWE

RAMS

Bighorn sheep live mainly in the Rockies in BC, in alpine meadows, grassy mountain slopes and foothill areas near rugged, rocky cliffs and bluffs.

They eat mainly grasses and other low-growing plants. Aside from humans, the main predators are wolves and the occasional cougar, coyote, bear, lynx, or bobcat.

Their most distinctive characteristic are the horns, which are never shed, and can weigh up to 13kg in males. They come in varying shades of brown, with a white rump.

Bighorn Sheep can:

• stand on ledges only 2 inches wide
• jump 20 feet
• scale mountains at 24 km/h
• live at elevations of 4,000 feet

Mountain goat

nanny

Billy

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