Body sizes and diets in the herbivorous guild in Trans-Himalaya

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/animal-conservation-forum/article/abs/theoretical-analysis-of-competitive-exclusion-in-a-transhimalayan-largeherbivore-assemblage/9D197E49A47F0B3DE40E478F9DFB8D84

TRANS-HIMALAYA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhimalaya
SPITI VALLEY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiti

Lepus oiostolus 3 kg 36 grass
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43124-Lepus-oiostolus

Marmota himalayana 6 kg
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46094-Marmota-himalayana

Procapra picticaudata 14 kg 3-16% grass
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42372-Procapra-picticaudata

Pantholops hodgsonii 32 kg 32-71 % grass
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42382-Pantholops-hodgsonii

Pseudois nayaur 55 kg mainly grass
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42313-Pseudois-nayaur
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-india-jammu-kashmir-ladakh-gata-loops-flock-of-wild-ibex-88956100.html?imageid=857EBC32-C2B9-4BD0-831B-D982A0B40DED&p=65641&pn=1&searchId=78f028135ba3c478783fd154ae2d36fb&searchtype=0

Capra sibirica sakeen 76 kg mainly grass
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42351-Capra-sibirica
https://www.autentic.com/67/pid/1392/The-Himalayan-Ibex-Monarchs-of-the-Mountains.htm
https://www.natureinstock.com/search/preview/himalayan-ibex-capra-sibirica-hemalayanus-male-they-live-at-elevations-of/0_12570777.html
https://www.naturepl.com/stock-photo-nature-image01612182.html
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/167171059
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125836731@N08/33477449935
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/186435121

Capra hircus females 33 kg males 35 kg
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123070-Capra-hircus

Ovis ammon 87 kg 24-88% grass
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42392-Ovis-ammon

Ovis aries females 34 kg males 35 kg
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121578-Ovis-aries

Equus kiang 275 kg 84-100% grass
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43338-Equus-kiang

Equus asinus females 97 kg males 83 kg
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/148030-Equus-asinus

Equus caballus females 248 kg
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/209233-Equus-caballus

Bos mutus 413 kg 44-96% grass
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/890122-Bos-mutus

Bos grunniens females 228 kg males 368 kg
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/889089-Bos-grunniens

Bos taurus females 191 kg
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74113-Bos-taurus

Posted on Οκτώβριος 13, 2023 0117 ΠΜ by milewski