Pseudois schaeferi was described as a small blue sheep of the upper Yangtze gorge. Its winter coat has a silvery sheen, and male horns turn upward without curling inward. It uses steep rocky slopes with low shrubs.
HMW describes the winter coat as drab with a silvery sheen; dark markings develop only in older males. The male horns turn more upward and lack the inward curve described for the Greater Blue Sheep.
The HMW account places it on steep, rocky terrain at 2,700–2,900 m with low shrubs including Berberis, Rosa, Cotoneaster and Ephedra. In summer, feeding peaks are reported in the morning and late afternoon or evening, with a bedding peak around midday.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.