bharal

== English == === Etymology === From Hindi भड़ल (bhaṛal). === Noun === bharal (plural bharals or bharal) A blue sheep, being any species of the genus Pseudois, goatlike bovids of the Himalayas and western China with a bluish-grey coat; Himalayan blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur). 1997, A. David, Shivakumar, Animal World, page 52, The bharal or the Blue Sheep also is a Tibetan animal found in Ladakh, Sikkim and Nepal. It is about 90 cm. high. The bharal is brownish-grey in colour, tinted with slaty-blue, more brown in summer and more slaty-blue in winter. 2013, Q. Ashton Acton (general editor), Advances in Conservation Research and Application, 2013 Edition, page 142, Among the wild prey, bharal (blue sheep/naur) Pseudois nayaur was by far the most common species (92%). ==== Usage notes ==== The genus Pseudois is sometimes considered to be monotypic with P. nayaur (and subspecies). ==== Synonyms ==== (any species of Pseudois): blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur): Himalayan blue sheep, naur === References === “bharal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Italian == === Noun === bharal m (invariable) alternative spelling of baral