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  2. Merino - Wikipedia

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    Full wool Merino sheep Merino sheep and red goats. Madrid, Spain. The Merino is a breed or group of breeds of domestic sheep, characterised by very fine soft wool.It was established in Spain near the end of the Middle Ages, and was for several centuries kept as a strict Spanish monopoly; exports of the breed were not allowed, and those who tried risked capital punishment.

  3. Orkhon sheep - Wikipedia

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    Both sexes of Orkhon breed display white color, short tail (usually cut at early age), compact body with straight back. On average and at maturity, rams produce 5,6 kg and ewes produce 3,7 kg of semi-fine wool. Average wool length is 8 cm, the average diameter of the Orkhon fiber is 25-31 microns. Approximately 1.15 lambs per litter.

  4. Gansu Alpine Fine-wool - Wikipedia

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    Gansu Alpine Fine-wool is a breed of domesticated sheep from China. This breed was created by crossing Mongolian or Tibetan with Xinjiang Fine-wool and then with some fine-wool breeds from Russia . It is primarily raised for wool .

  5. Shetland sheep - Wikipedia

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    The Shetland is a small, wool-producing breed of sheep originating in the Shetland Isles, Scotland, but is now also kept in many other parts of the world.It is part of the Northern European short-tailed sheep group, and it is closely related to the extinct Scottish Dunface.

  6. Animal fiber - Wikipedia

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    Unusual fibers such as Angora wool from rabbits and Chiengora from dogs also exist, but are rarely used for mass production. Not all animal fibers have the same properties, and even within a species the fiber is not consistent. Merino is a very soft, fine wool, while Cotswold is coarser, and yet both Merino and Cotswold are types of sheep. This ...

  7. Scottish Dunface - Wikipedia

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    The Scottish Dunface was a short-tailed sheep with short, fine wool. Its face was often brownish, and its fleece could be various colours: white, black, brown or dun. In most varieties the ewes were polled [ 2 ] and the males horned , [ 3 ] but in Hebridean populations all animals were horned, often having two or even more pairs.

  8. Romney sheep - Wikipedia

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    An increasing amount recently has been going to China. New Zealand is the world's largest producer and exporter of "strong crossbred" wool (a term for wool with average fiber diameter >35.4 microns). In 2002–2003, the country exported about 138,000 tonnes of wool "clean basis", about half of which was of AFD >35.4 microns, the Romney domain ...

  9. Debouillet sheep - Wikipedia

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    Specifically adapted to the arid ranges of the Southwestern U.S., the breed is a medium–size sheep with long, fine wool. Ewes are polled and rams may or may not have horns. [1] Mature ewes will weigh from 125 lb (57 kg) to 160 lb (73 kg) and rams will weigh from 175 lb (79 kg) to 250 lb (113 kg).