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The Hebridean is a breed of small black sheep from Scotland, similar to other members of the Northern European short-tailed sheep group, having a short, triangular tail. They often have two pairs of horns. They were often formerly known as "St Kilda" sheep, although unlike Soay and Boreray sheep they are probably not in fact from the St Kilda ...
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.
The Xalda likely traces its lineage back to the ancient Ovis aries celticus, [4] and is related to other sheep of Celtic origin, including the Ouessant, the Black Wales, the morite, and several German breeds. [3] Most of its related Iberian ancestors are extinct, [1] with one notable exception being the very rare Bordaleira of Northern Portugal ...
It differs from other black-faced breeds, which are mainly found in high-rainfall, upland areas, and from most other modern, lowland British sheep breeds in being lightly built and very hardy. This breed is raised primarily for meat. [2] The Norfolk Horn developed on the sandy heathlands of the Breckland area of Norfolk, England, and is adapted ...
A flock of Black Welsh Mountain sheep. The Black Welsh Mountain sheep (Welsh: Defaid Mynydd Duon, pronounced [ˈdevaɪd ˈmənɪð ˈdɪɔn]) is a colour type of the Welsh Mountain sheep, bred for sheep farming in Wales. It occurs occasionally in flocks of other colours, but is now often maintained as a separate strain.
During the 1950s and 1960s a steady increase took place, and in the 1970s people outside the valley began to take an interest in the breed. The Balwen Welsh Mountain Breed Society was formed in 1985, and numbers are gradually increasing further. The breed is listed by the British Rare Breeds Survival Trust as Vulnerable.
A Wensleydale in full fleece Wool of an adult Wensleydale A six-day-old black Wensleydale lamb resting.. The Wensleydale is a British breed of domestic sheep. [1] [2] It is named for the Wensleydale region of North Yorkshire, in the north of England, where it was bred in the early nineteenth century by cross-breeding a Dishley Leicester ram with local long-woolled sheep of a breed that is now ...
The Manx Loaghtan (/ ˈ l ɒ x t ə n / LOKH-tən) [2] is a rare breed of sheep (Ovis aries) native to the Isle of Man.It is sometimes spelled as Loaghtyn or Loghtan.The sheep have dark brown wool and usually four or occasionally six horns.