List of sheep breeds
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Steven Walling
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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.
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===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 - Sheep Breeds] Department of Animal Science - Oklahoma State University
* [http://dad.fao.org/ Domestic Animal Diversity Information System]
* [http://www.sheep101.info/breedsC.html Sheep101]
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