Shoulder height 36-40 inches (140-155 cm). Weight 180-200 pounds (82-91 kg), sometimes more. The female is a good deal smaller. Chromosome number is 48.A medium-sized, powerfully built animal with a full coat of hair and a shaggy mane around the neck and shoulders and extending to the knees. The overall color varies, but in most cases is dark reddish-brown with a yellowish mane and a dark, sometimes indistinct, dorsal stripe. The face is always dark brown. The horns (both sexes) are short and stout, laterally compressed, keeled in front and curved backward to a tapered point.