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This is a list of sheep breeds usually considered to originate in Canada and the United States. [1] [2] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.
Domestication of the sheep. "Valach" from Brumov in Moravian Wallachia, 1787. Shepherding was a traditional occupation of Romanians, and as they colonised the northern Carpathian range and eventually assimilated, their exonym "Valach" became synonymous with "shepherd". The history of the domestic sheep goes back to between 11,000 and 9,000 BCE ...
Sheep (pl.: sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ... in the United States, meat from both older and younger animals is usually called lamb.
Four breeds of sheep, in the illustrated encyclopedia Meyers Konversationslexikon. This is a list of breeds of domestic sheep. Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are partially derived from mouflon (Ovis gmelini) stock, and have diverged sufficiently to be considered a different species. Some sheep breeds have a hair coat and are known as haired sheep.
Targhee sheep. Categories: Animal breeds originating in the United States. Sheep breeds by country of origin. Sheep breeds originating in North America. Sheep farming in the United States.
Female: 40–60 kg (88–132 lb) [ 2 ] Sheep. Ovis aries. The Navajo-Churro, or Churro for short, [ 3 ] (also American or Navajo Four-Horned) is a breed of domestic sheep originating with the Spanish Churra sheep obtained by the Diné around the 16th century during the Spanish Conquest. [ 4 ] Its wool consists of a protective topcoat and soft ...
Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the Caprinae subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae. [ 1 ] Its seven highly sociable species are known as sheep or ovines. Domestic sheep are members of the genus, and are thought to be descended from the wild mouflon of central and southwest Asia.
USA. Sheep. Ovis aries. The Polled Dorset is an American breed of domestic sheep. It is a polled (hornless) variant of the British Dorset Horn. It was developed at the North Carolina State University Small Ruminant Unit in the 1950s after a genetic mutation led to the birth of a polled ram. After some years of breeding work, a true-breeding ...