List of sheep breeds 916410 223133725 2008-07-02T18:46:10Z Steven Walling 1957748 /* L */ + This is a '''list of domestic sheep breeds'''. [[Domestic sheep]] (''Ovis aries'') are partially derived from [[mouflon]] (''Ovis orientalis'') stock, and have diverged sufficiently to be considered a different species. ==Comprehensive list of domestic sheep breeds == Sorted alphabetically. {{compactTOC8|center=yes|side=yes}} ===A=== *[[Acıpayam (sheep)|Acıpayam]] *[[Adal (sheep)|Adal]] *[[Africana (sheep)|Africana]] *[[Alai (sheep)|Alai]] *[[Alcarreña]] *[[Algarve Churro]] *[[Alpines Steinschaf]] *[[Altay (sheep)|Altay]] (Altai) *[[Ancon (sheep)|Ancon]] (Otter sheep) *[[Apennine (sheep)|Apennine]] *[[Arabi (sheep)|Arabi]] **[[Afghan Arabi]] **[[Algerian Arabi]] *[[Arapawa Island (sheep)|Arapawa Island]] *[[Armenian Semicoarsewool]] *[[Askanian]] *[[Awassi]] ===B=== *[[Balkhi(sheep)|Balkhi]] *[[Baluchi (sheep)|Baluchi]] *[[Barbados Blackbelly]] **American Blackbelly (Barbado) *[[Basco-Béarnais]] *[[Bentheimer Landschaf]] (Bentheim sheep) *[[Bergamasca (sheep)|Bergamasca]] *[[Berichon du Cher]] *[[Beulah Speckled Face]] *[[Bibrik]] *[[Biellese]] *[[Blackhead Persian]] *[[Bleu du Maine]] (Blauköpfiges Fleischschaf) *[[Bluefaced Leicester]] *[[Bond (sheep)|Bond]] *[[Border Leicester (sheep)|Border Leicester]] *[[Boreray (sheep)|Boreray]] *[[Bovska]] *[[Braunes Bergschaf]] (Brown Mountain sheep) *[[Somali sheep|Brazilian Somali]] *[[Brillenschaf]] (Carinthian sheep) *[[British milk (sheep)|British Milk sheep]] *[[Bündner Oberland]] ===C=== *[[California Red]] *[[California Variegated Mutant]] *[[Cameroon (sheep)|Cameroon sheep]] *[[Campanian Barbary]] *[[Castlemilk Moorit]] *[[Cine Capari]] *[[Charmoise]] *[[Charollais (sheep)|Charollais]] *[[Cheviot sheep|Cheviot]] **[[Brecknock Hill Cheviot]] **[[North Country Cheviot]] *[[Chios (sheep)|Chios]] *[[Cholistani]] *[[Churro (sheep)|Churro]] (Churra sheep) *[[Cikta]] *[[Clun Forest (sheep)|Clun Forest]] *[[Coburger Fuchsschaf]] (Coburg sheep) *[[Colombia (sheep)|Columbia]] *[[Comeback (sheep)|Comeback]] *[[Comisana]] *[[Coolalee]] *[[Coopworth]] *[[Cormo]] *[[Corriedale]] *[[Cotswold sheep|Cotswold]] *[[Criollo (sheep)|Criollo]] ===D=== *[[Dala Fur sheep]] *[[Dalesbred]] *[[Dagliç (sheep)|Dagliç]] *[[Damani]] *[[Damara (sheep)|Damara]] *[[Danish Landrace (sheep)|Danish Landrace]] *[[Dartmoor (sheep)|Dartmoor]] **Greyface Dartmoor **Whiteface Dartmoor *[[Debouillet]] *[[Derbyshire Gritstone]] *[[Deutsches Bergschaf]] (German Mountain sheep) *[[Devon Closewool]] *[[Devon Longwoolled]] *[[Dorper]] *[[Dorset (sheep)|Dorset]] *[[Dorset Down]] *[[Drysdale]] ===E=== *[[Easycare]] *[[East Friesian]] (Ostfriesisches Milchschaf) *[[Elliottdale]] *[[English Leicester]] *[[Estonian Ruhnu sheep|Estonian Ruhnu]] *[[Exmoor Horn]] ===F=== *[[Fabrianese]] *[[Faroes (sheep)|Faroes]] *[[Fat-tailed sheep]] *[[Finnsheep]] (Finnish Landrace sheep) *[[Flanders Milk (sheep)|Flanders Milk sheep]] (extinct breed) *[[French Alpine (sheep)|French Alpine sheep]] *[[Friesian Milk (sheep)|Friesian Milk sheep]]<!-- not the same as East Frisian --> *[[Fuglestad]] ===G=== *[[Galway (sheep)|Galway]] *[[Ganjia]]<!-- Conservation Genetics (2006) 7:117–127 --> *[[Gansu Alpine Fine-wool]] *[[Gentile di Puglia]] *[[Geschecktes Bergschaf]] *[[Ghezel]] *[[Gotland (sheep)|Gotland sheep]] *[[Gotland Pelt]] *[[Gökçeada (sheep)|Gökçeada]] *[[Grey Troender sheep|Grey Troender]] *[[Gromark]] *[[Groningen Milk (sheep)|Groningen Milk sheep]] (extinct breed) *[[Gulf Coast (sheep)|Gulf Coast]] *[[Gute]] [[Image:Hampshire Down sheep - Project Gutenberg eText 16270.png|thumbnail|right|Hampshire Down sheep, in an 1887 illustration]] ===H=== *[[Hampshire (sheep)|Hampshire]] *[[Han (sheep)|Han]]<!-- Conservation Genetics (2006) 7:117–127 --> **[[Langzhou Large-tail Han]] **[[Small-tail Han]] *[[Hanzhong (sheep)|Hanzhong]]<!-- Conservation Genetics (2006) 7:117–127 --> *[[Harnai (sheep)|Harnai]] *[[Hasht Nagri]] *[[Hazaragie]] *[[Hebridean (sheep)|Hebridean]] *[[Heidschnucke]] (German Heath) **[[Graue gehörnte Heidschnucke]] (German Grey Heath) **[[Moorschnucke]] (Weiße hornlose Heidschnucke, White Polled Heath) **[[Weiße gehörnte Heidschnucke]] (White Horned Heath) *[[Herdwick (sheep)|Herdwick]] *[[Herik]] *[[Hill Radnor]] *[[Hog Island (sheep)|Hog Island]] *[[Hu (sheep)|Hu]] ===I=== *[[Icelandic sheep]] *[[Inner Mongolian wool]]<!-- Conservation Genetics (2006) 7:117–127 --> *[[Île-de-France (sheep)|Île-de-France]] *[[Istrian milk]] ===J=== *[[Jacob (sheep)|Jacob]] *[[Jezerskosolcavska]] *[[Juraschaf]] ===K=== *[[Kachhi (sheep)|Kachhi]] *[[Kajli]] *[[Kamakuyruk]] *[[Karakul]] *[[Karayaka]] *[[Katahdin (sheep)|Katahdin]] *[[Kerry Hill (sheep)|Kerry Hill]] *[[Kivircik]] *[[Kooka]] *[[Krainer Steinschaf]] *[[Karagouniko]] ===L=== *[[Lacaune (sheep)|Lacaune]] *[[Landais]] *[[Langhe (sheep)|Langhe]] *[[Lati]] *[[Latxa]] *[[Leineschaf]] (Leine sheep) **Leineschaf ursprünglicher Typ (Leine old type) *[[Leicester Longwool]] (Bakewells Longwool) *[[Lincoln (sheep)|Lincoln]] *[[Lithuanian Black-Headed sheep]] *[[Llanwenog]] *[[Lleyn (sheep)|Lleyn]] *[[Lohi]] *[[Lonk]] *[[Luzein (sheep)|Luzein sheep]] ===M=== *[[Maltese (sheep)|Maltese]] *[[Manchega]] *[[Manech]] *[[Manx Loaghtan]] *[[Masai (sheep)|Masai]] *[[Massese (sheep)|Massese sheep]] *[[Mehraban]] *[[Merinizzata Italiana]] *[[Merino]] **[[Argentine Merino]] **[[Arles Merino]] **[[Booroola Merino]] **[[Delaine Merino]] **[[Fonthill Merino]] **[[Karacabey Merino]] **[[Medium-wool Merino]] **[[Merinofleischschaft]] (German Mutton Merino) **[[Merinolandschaf]] (German Merino) **[[Merino Longwool]] **[[Poll Merino]] **[[South African Merino]] **[[South African mutton merino]] (South African Meat Merino or SAMM) **[[Strong Wool Merino]] *[[Ming Black]]<!-- Conservation Genetics (2006) 7:117–127 --> *[[Moghani]] *[[Montadale]] *[[Morada Nova]] *[[Moles (sheep)|Moles]] ===N=== *[[Navajo-Churro]] *[[Nellore (sheep)|Nellore]] *[[Nolana (sheep)|Nolana sheep]] *[[Norfolk Horn]] *[[North Ronaldsay sheep|North Ronaldsay]] *[[Norwegian Fur]] sheep ===O=== *[[Spelsau|Old Norwegian]] *[[Orkney (sheep)|Orkney]] *[[Ossimi]] *[[Ouessant (sheep)|Ouessant]] *[[Oula]]<!-- Conservation Genetics (2006) 7:117–127 --> *[[Oxford (sheep)|Oxford]] ===P=== *[[Pag Island (sheep)|Pag Island]] *[[Pagliarola]] *[[Panama (sheep)|Panama]] *[[Pedi Sheep]] *[[Pelibüey]] *Penistone - see [[Whitefaced Woodland]] *[[Perendale]] *[[Pinzirita]] *[[Pitt Island (sheep)|Pitt Island]] *[[Polwarth (sheep)|Polwarth]] *[[Polypay]] *[[Portland (sheep)|Portland]] *[[Priangan]] *[[Polish Heath]] *[[Poll Dorset]]<!-- Conservation Genetics (2006) 7:117–127 --> *[[Poll Merino]] ===Q=== *[[Qashqai (sheep)|Qashqai]] *[[Qiaoke]]<!-- Conservation Genetics (2006) 7:117–127 --> *[[Qinghai Black Tibetan]] *[[Qinghai Semifinewool]] *[[Quadrella]] *[[Quanglin Large-Tail]] ===R=== *[[Rabo Largo]] *[[Racka]] *[[Rambouillet (sheep)|Rambouillet]] *[[Rasa Aragonesa]] *[[Rauhwolliges Pommersches Landschaf]] (Pomeranian Coarsewool) *[[Red Engadine]] *[[Red Karaman]] *[[Rhönschaf]] (Rhoen sheep) *[[Rideau Arcott]] *[[Romanov (sheep)|Romanov]] *[[Romney (sheep)|Romney sheep]] (Romney Marsh) *[[Roslag sheep|Roslag]] *[[Rouge de l'Ouest]] *[[Rouge de Roussillon]] (Roussillon Red) *[[Rough Fell]] *[[Royal White]] *[[Rya (sheep)|Rya]] *[[Ryeland]] *[[Rygja]] ===S=== *[[Sahel-type]] *[[Sakiz(sheep)|Sakiz]] *[[SAMM]] (South African Meat Merino) *[[Santa Cruz (sheep)|Santa Cruz]] *[[Santa Inês]] *[[Sardinian (sheep)|Sardinian]] *[[Šar Mountain (sheep)|Šar Mountain]] *[[Schoonebeker (sheep)|Schoonebeker]] *[[Schwarzköpfiges Fleischschaf]] (German Blackheaded Mutton) *[[Schwarzes Bergschaf]] *[[Scottish Blackface]] *[[Shetland (sheep)|Shetland]] *[[Shropshire (sheep)|Shropshire]] *[[Sicilian Barbary]] *[[Skudde]] *[[Soay sheep|Soay]] *[[Somali sheep|Somali]] *[[Sonid]]<!-- Conservation Genetics (2006) 7:117–127 --> *[[Sopravissana]] *[[South Devon (sheep)|South Devon]] *[[South Dorset (sheep)|South Dorset]] *[[South Hampshire (sheep)|South Hampshire]] *[[Suffolk (sheep)|South Suffolk]] *[[Southdown (sheep)|Southdown]] *[[South Wales Mountain]] *[[Spælsau]] *[[Spiegel (sheep)|Spiegel]] *[[St Croix (sheep)|St. Croix]] (Virgin Island white) *[[Steigar]] *[[Steinschaf]] *[[Suffolk (sheep)|Suffolk]] *[[Sumavska]] *[[Swaledale (sheep)|Swaledale]] *[[Swedish Fur (sheep)|Swedish Fur sheep]] *[[Swifter]] *[[Schweizer Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf]] (Swiss Black-Brown Mountain sheep) *[[Schweizer Alpenschaf]] (Swiss Alpine) ===T=== *[[Tan (sheep)|Tan]]<!-- Conservation Genetics (2006) 7:117–127 --> *[[Targhee]] *[[Tautra sheep|Tautra]] (extinct) *[[Teeswater (sheep)|Teeswater]] *[[Texel (sheep)|Texel]] *[[Thalli (sheep)|Thalli]] *[[Tiroler Steinschaf]] (Tyrol Mountain) *[[Tong (sheep)|Tong]] or [[Toeng]]{{Verify source|date=July 2007}}<!-- Conservation Genetics (2006) 7:117–127 as Toeng? --> *[[Touabire]] *[[Tsurcana]] *[[Tukidale]] *[[Tunis (sheep)|Tunis]] *[[Tuj (sheep)|Tuj]] *[[Türkgeldi]] ===U=== *[[Uda (sheep)|Uda]] *[[Ujumqin]]<!-- Conservation Genetics (2006) 7:117–127 --> *[[Ushant (sheep)|Ushant]] ===V=== *[[Valais Blacknose]] (Walliser Schwarznasenschaf) *[[Van Rooy]] *[[Vendéen]] ===W=== *[[Walachenschaf]] (Valachian sheep) *[[Waldschaf]] (Bavarian Forest sheep) *[[Wallis Country (sheep)|Wallis Country]] *[[Waziri (sheep)|Waziri]] *[[Weißes Bergschaf]] (Swiss White Alpine) *[[Weißköpfiges Fleischschaf]] (German Whiteheaded Mutton) *[[Welsh Hill Speckled Face]] *[[Welsh Mountain sheep]] ** [[Badger Face Welsh Mountain sheep]] (''Defaid Idloes'') ** [[Balwen Welsh Mountain sheep]] ** [[Black Welsh Mountain sheep]] *[[Wensleydale (sheep)|Wensleydale]] *[[West African Dwarf]] *[[White Horned Heath (sheep)|White Horned Heath]] sheep *[[White Karaman]] *[[White Suffolk]] *[[Whitefaced Woodland]] *[[Wiltipoll]] (Wiltshire Poll) *[[Wiltshire Horn]] ===X=== *[[Xalda]] *[[Xaxi Ardia]] *[[Xinjiang Finewool]] ===Y=== *[[Yankasa]] *[[Yemeni (sheep)|Yemeni]] *[[Yemen White]] *[[Yiecheng]] *[[Yoroo]] *[[Yunnan Semifinewool]] ===Z=== *[[Zackel]] *[[Zaghawa (sheep)|Zaghawa]] *[[Zagoria]] *[[Zaian]] *[[Zaïre Long-Legged]] *[[Zakynthos (sheep)|Zakynthos]] *[[Zeeland Milk]] *[[Zel]] *[[Zelazna]] *[[Zemmour]] *[[Zeta Yellow]] *[[Zlatusha]] *[[Zoulay]] *[[Zwartbles]] ==External links== * [http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/ Breeds of Livestock - 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