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A Lincoln Longwool lamb showing heavy fleece A Lincoln Longwool The Lincoln , sometimes called the Lincoln Longwool , is a breed of sheep from England. The Lincoln is the largest British sheep, developed specifically to produce the heaviest, longest and most lustrous fleece of any breed in the world.
NorthSheD, "Estonian Ruhnu sheep", North SheD, Origin and Diversity of Northern European sheep breeds, Agricultural Research Institute of Iceland, archived from the original on 31 October 2010 DAD-IS (2009), "Debouillet/United States of America" , Domestic Animal Diversity Information System , Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...
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.
The Corriedale is a New Zealand breed of sheep. It was bred from about 1882 in the South Island by James Little, who cross-bred Merino and Lincoln Longwool sheep. The breed was officially recognised in 1911. It has been exported to Australia and to many countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America.
Pages in category "Sheep breeds originating in the United States" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Coopworth is a modern New Zealand breed of sheep.It was developed by researchers at Lincoln College in the Canterbury region of the South Island between about 1956 and 1968, the result of cross-breeding of New Zealand Romney ewes and Border Leicester rams.
The Ryeland is featured in David Low's book The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, published 1841 and a famous pioneering work illustrating the forerunners of all of the days' most important breeds of horses, cows, sheep and pigs.
The North Ronaldsay Sheep is a most unusual breed, subsisting largely on a diet of seaweed. [3] The Boreray was in 2012 the only sheep breed listed by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust as 'critical', its highest level of concern at that time; [ 4 ] in 2022 it was listed as 'at risk', the lower of the two levels of concern of the Trust. [ 5 ]