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Fat-tailed sheep at a livestock market in Kashgar, China. The fat-tailed sheep is a general type of domestic sheep known for their distinctive large tails and hindquarters. . Fat-tailed sheep breeds comprise approximately 25% of the world's sheep population, [1] and are commonly found in northern parts of Africa, the Middle East, and various Central Asian countries, Afghanistan, Pakistan and ...
The Awassi [a] is a breed of dairy sheep of Near-Eastern fat-tailed type. It is the most widely distributed non-European dairy breed. It is known by many names, among them Arab, Baladi, Deiri, Gezirieh, Ivesi, Shami and Syrian. [3]: 265 It is usually white with brown head and legs.
Red Maasai sheep in Kenya. The Red Maasai is a breed of sheep indigenous to East Africa. True to its name, the breed is kept by the Maasai, though both pastoralists and smallholder farmers in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda keep Red Maasai flocks. The breed is a fat-tailed hair sheep; they do not produce wool and are kept primarily for meat.
This breed belongs to the coarse-wooled fat-tailed type of sheep and the Kazakh group. [1] [2] It originated in the 19th century as a cross between Kazakh fat-tailed sheep and Kalmyk/Astrakhan coarse-wooled sheep. [3] Today, it is found in Kazakhstan (2,419,000 head as of 1980) [3] and Russia (20,100 head as of 2003). [3]
The American Tunis or Tunis is an endangered American breed of fat-tailed sheep. It derives from Tunisian Barbarin sheep imported to the United States from Tunisia in 1799. [2] It is raised primarily for meat. [2]
Fat-tailed sheep (group of breeds) Africa, Middle East, Near East, Pakistan, Northern India, Western China, Mongolia Meat Finnsheep: Suomenlammas, Finnish Landrace Finland: Meat, Wool, Milk, Landscape Management Flanders Milk sheep: Belgium Forystufé: Leadersheep, Forystukind Iceland: Genetic conservation, herd management French Alpine sheep ...
The Blackhead somali sheep (also known as Swartkoppersie) is a fat-tailed breed of domestic sheep from Africa. The sheep is originally from Somalia and a direct descendant of the Somali sheep. [1] The breed is also a type of hair sheep, meaning they do not grow wool and tolerate heat better than wooled breeds and are raised primarily for meat ...
It is a slender, lanky sheep with a fat tail, and is not particularly favoured for modern lamb production. Namaqua Afrikaners are generally white with a red or black head, and large fat tails. What the breed lacks in market meat desirability, it makes up for in its foraging ability and hardiness in desert conditions. [5]