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List of sheep breeds

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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.

Domestic sheep breeds

Sorted alphabetically.

A

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Acıpayam			Turkey	Meat, wool
Adal			Desilva	Fitch	1995b}}	Meat
Afghan ArabiArabi subtype			Desilva	Fitch	1995j}}	Meat
Africana		Desilva	Fitch	1995c}}	Colombia	Meat, woolly items
Afrikaner		Cape fattest tail	South Africa	Meat, pelts honed
Afrino			South Africa	Meat, wool, crossbreeding
Alai			Desilva	Fitch	1995d}}	Meat, wool
Alcarreña			Desilva	Fitch	1995e}}	Meat
Algarve Churro	[[File:Nova - goat with spectacular horns (13412189154).jpg	frameless	85x85px]]		Portugal	Meat
Algerian sheep	[[File:-mouton 594104331.jpg	85px]]	Desilva	Fitch	1995k}}	Algeria	Meat
Alpines Steinschaf	[[File:Landwirtschaftliches Hauptfest Alpines Steinschaf Portrait.jpg	85px]]		DAD-IS	2009b}}	Meat, wool, vegetation management
Altay			China	Meat
American Blackbelly			United States	Trophy hunting
Ancon		Gidney	2007}}	United States
Appenninica	[[File:Toscana Schafe.jpg	85px]]	Desilva	Fitch	1995h}}	Italy	Meat
Arabi			Desilva	Fitch	1995i}}	Meat
Arapawa	[[File:Arapawa merino.jpg	85px]]		New Zealand	Wool
Arkhar-Merino			Kazakhstan	Wool
Armenian Semicoarsewool		Desilva	Fitch	1995m}}	Armenia	Meat, milk
Askanian	[[File:Ascanian sheep 1.jpg	85px]]		Ukraine	Wool
Assaf	[[File:Assaf sheep.jpg	85px]]		Schoenian	2009a}}	Meat, milk
Aussiedown			AWEX	2010a}}	Meat
Australian White	[[File:Australian White lambs.JPG	85px]]		Australia	Meat
Awassi	[[Image:Kuwaiti sheep.jpg	85px]]	Desilva	Fitch	1995o}}	South Eastern Anatolia, Syro-Arabian desert	Milk

B

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Balkhi			Afghanistan, North-west Pakistan	Meat
Baluchi		Baluchi dumda, Mengali, Taraki, Shinwari, Araghi, Farahani, Kermani, Khorasani, Khurasani, Naeini, Neini, Yazdi	Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan	Wool
Barbados Blackbelly sheep	[[File:Barbados blackbelly 2 Elkins.jpg	85px]]	Barbados Black Belly, Black Belly, Barbados Barriga Nigra	Barbados	Meat
Bardoka	[[File:Sheeps drink from Lumbardh lake.jpg	85px]]		Kosovo	Milk, meat, wool and research
Basco-Béarnais	[[File:Basco-bearnaise brebis troupeau.jpg	85px]]		Spain, France	Milk
Bellary			Karnataka, India	Wool
Beltex	[[File:Bélier beltex.jpg	85px]]		Belgium, The Netherlands	Meat
Bentheimer Landschaf		Bentheim sheep	Germany	Landscape preservation
Bergamasca	[[File:Bergamasca.JPG	85px]]		Italy	Meat
Berichon du Cher	[[File:Berrichon du cher02 SDA2011.JPG	85px]]		France
Beulah Speckled Face	[[File:Beulah sheep near Cwmrhybin - geograph.org.uk - 229622.jpg	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat
Bibrik			Pakistan
Biellese		Razza d'Ivrea, Piemontese Alpina	Italy	Meat, milk
Bizet	[[File:Bizet01 SDA2011.JPG	85px]]		France	Meat
Blackhead Persian	[[File:Sheep in Pretoria SA.jpg	85px]]	Swartkoppersie	Somalia	Meat
Bleu du Maine	[[File:Mouton bleu du Maine, Écomusée du pays de Rennes, France (adjusted).jpg	85px]]	Bazougers, Blauköpfiges Fleischschaf, Bluefaced Maine, Blue-headed Maine, Maine-Anjou, Maine à tête bleue, Mayenne Blue	France	Meat, Wool
Bluefaced Leicester	[[File:Ewe and lambs in the garden.jpg	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat
Blue Texel	[[File:Blauwetexelaar.jpg	85px]]		Netherlands	Meat
Bond	[[File:Bond sheep.jpg	85px]]		Australia	Wool
Border Leicester	[[File:Border Leicester portrait.jpg	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat, wool
Boreray sheep	[[File:Boreray Ram.jpg	85px]]		Scotland	Meat, wool
Bovec sheep		Bovška Ovca, Plezzana, Trentarka, Krainer Steinschaf	Italy	Meat, milk
Braunes Bergschaf	[[File:2006-09-12Braunes Bergschaf07.jpg	85px]]	Desilva	Fitch	1995ab}}	Germany	Meat, vegetation management
Brazilian Somali	[[File:Somali_sheep.jpg	85px]]	Desilva	Fitch	1995ac}}	Somalia	Meat
Brianzola			Italy	Meat
British Milksheep			Desilva	Fitch	1995ae}}	Milk
Bündner Oberland		DAD-IS	2009q}}	Switzerland	Vegetation management

C

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
California Red			United States	Meat, wool
California Variegated Mutant	[[Image:Romeldales and handler.JPG	85px]]	Desilva	Fitch	1995bh}}	United States	Wool
Cambridge	[[File:Cambridge Ewe with Texel cross lambs (cropped).jpg	85px]]		United Kingdom	meat
Cameroon	[[Image:Cameroon sheep.jpg	85px]]		DAD-IS	2009r}}	Meat
Campanian Barbary			Desilva	Fitch	1995af}}	Meat, milk
Canadian Arcott	[[File:Lambert sheep.jpg	85px	Canadian Arcott Sheep]]		Canada	Simmons	2001a}}
Cărăbaşă		Black-headed Teleorman Tigaie	Romania
Castlemilk Moorit	[[Image:Borris the ram.jpg	85px]]	DAD-IS	2009s}}	Scotland	Hobby
Charmoise	[[Image:Charmoises.jpg	85px]]		France	Meat
Charollais	[[Image:Mouton Charollais.JPG	85px]]		Desilva	Fitch	1995ah}}	Meat
Cheviot	[[Image:Cheviot ewe and triplets.jpg	85px]]		Desilva	Fitch	1995ai}}	Meat, wool
Border CheviotCheviot subtype		Schoenian	2009j}}	United Kingdom	Meat
Brecknock Hill Cheviot		Desilva	Fitch	1995aj}}	Wales	Meat
North Country Cheviot	[[File:North Country Cheviots - geograph.org.uk - 395334.jpg	85px]]		Desilva	Fitch	1995ak}}	Meat
Chios	[[File:Chios sheep breed.jpg	85px]]		Island of Chios, Greece	Milk
Cholistani			Pakistan	Meat
Churra	[[Image:Sementales raza churra.jpg	85px]]	Spanish Churro	Spain	Meat, milk
Cigaja			Croatia	Wool, milk
Cikta			DAD-IS	2009y}}	Meat
Çine Çaparı			Turkey
Clun Forest	[[Image:1980 UK Ram of the Year (Clun Forest breed).jpg	85px]]		England	Meat, milk, wool
Coburger Fuchsschaf	[[Image:Coburger Fuchsschaf Lamb 4 days old.jpg	85px]]	Desilva	Fitch	1995ap}}	Germany	Vegetation management
Columbia	[[Image:Ewe lamb, Columbia breed.jpg	85px]]		United States	Wool
Comeback			Desilva	Fitch	1995ar}}	Meat, wool
Comisana	[[File:Pascoli Ragusani.JPG	85px]]	Desilva	Fitch	1995as}}	Italy	Milk
Coolalee	[[Image:Coolalee.jpg	85px]]		Wyndham	1990a}}	Meat
Coopworth	[[File:Coopworth sheep.jpg	85px]]		Desilva	Fitch	1995at}}	Meat, wool
Cormo	[[Image:Cormo sheep.jpg	85px]]		Desilva	Fitch	1995au}}	Wool
Corriedale	[[Image:Corriedale sheep.JPG	85px]]		Desilva	Fitch	1995av}}	Meat, wool
Cotswold	[[Image:Closeup of Cotswold.jpg	85px]]		RBST	2008a}}	Meat, wool
Criollo		DAD-IS	2009aa}}	Central America	Meat

D

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Dala Fur sheep		NorthSheD	2010a}}	Sweden
Dalesbred	[[File:Sheep with interesting horns.jpg	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat, wool
Dagliç			Desilva	Fitch	1995ay}}	Meat, milk
Damani			Desilva	Fitch	1995az}}	Meat, wool
Damara			Desilva	Fitch	1995ba}}	Meat
Danish Landrace	[[File:Klitfår.jpg	85px]]	NorthSheD	2010b}}	Denmark	Wool
Debouillet			United States	Wool
Derbyshire Gritstone	[[File:Derbyshire Gritstone.jpg	85px]]		Schoenian	2009k}}	Meat
Deutsches Bergschaf		Desilva	Fitch	1995bb}}	Germany	Meat, wool
Devon Closewool			TheSheepTrust	2010a}}	Meat
Devon Longwoolled	[[File:Longwool sheep, Heronslake - geograph.org.uk - 655806.jpg	85px]]	Desilva	Fitch	1995bc}}	United Kingdom	Meat, wool
Dohne Merino		Schoenian	2009m}}	South Africa	Meat, wool
Dorper	[[Image:Dorper white ram.jpg	85px]]		Desilva	Fitch	1995bd}}	Meat
Dorset	[[Image:Dorset sheep.jpg	85px]]	AWEX	2010b}}	United Kingdom	Meat
Dorset Down	[[File:Mouton Dorset Down.JPG	85px]]		Schoenian	2009n}}	Meat
Drenth Heath Sheep	[[Image:Drents_Heideschaap.jpg	85px]]	DAD-IS	2009ad}}	Netherlands	Vegetation management
Drysdale	[[Image:Drysdale ewe.jpg	85px]]		Desilva	Fitch	1995be}}	Wool
Duben sheep	[[File:Duben sheep 2.JPG	85px]]		Bulgaria	wool

E

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Easycare			Schoenian	2009o}}	Meat
East Friesian	[[Image:Ostfriesische milchschafe.jpg	85px]]	Berger	2010a}}	Germany	Milk
Edilbay		Edilbaevskaya, Edilbaev	92-5-102582-7}} ([ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/ah759e/AH759E20.pdf pdf]). Retrieved 13 October 2017.	Meat, tail fat
Elliottdale			Desilva	Fitch	1995bf}}	Meat, Wool
English Leicester	[[Image:Leicester sheep, Virginia.jpg	85px]]	Desilva	Fitch	1995bg}}	England	Meat
Estonian Ruhnu		NorthSheD	2010c}}	Estonia	Meat, wool
Elinpelin sheep	[[Image:Elinpelin sheep 1.JPG	85px]]	-	Bulgaria	wool
Exlana sheep			United Kingdom	meat, wool
Exmoor Horn	[[Image:Exmoor Horn in habitat.jpg	85px]]		DAD-IS	2009ae}}	Meat

F

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Fabrianese			Italy	Meat, milk
Faroe	[[File:Sheep (Faroe Islands).jpg	85px]]	Faroese	Faroe Islands	Meat, wool
Fat-tailed sheep (group of breeds)	[[File:Fat-Tailed Breed.jpg	85px]]		Africa, Middle East, Near East, Pakistan, Northern India, Western China, Mongolia	Meat
Finnsheep	[[File:Finnsheep ram close-up.jpg	85px]]	Suomenlammas, Finnish Landrace	Finland	Meat, Wool, Milk, Landscape Management
Flanders Milk sheep			Belgium
Forystufé		Leadersheep, Forystukind	Iceland	Genetic conservation, herd management
French Alpine sheep			France
Friesian Milk sheep			Netherlands
Fuglestad			Norway

G

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Gaddi		Kangra Valley, Bhadarwah	India	Wool
Galician	[[File:Fontefiz,_ovella_galega.JPG	85px]]	Ovella galega	Spain	Meat, milk
Galway	[[File:Galway (Breed of Sheep).JPG	85px]]		Ireland	Meat
Gansu Alpine Fine-wool		Northwestern Chinese Merino, North-West China Merino	China	Wool
Gentile di Puglia		Merinos d'Italia	Italy	Wool
German Whiteheaded Mutton	[[Image:Weißköpfiges Fleischschaf.jpg	85px]]	Weißkopf, Weißköpfiges Fleischschaf	Germany	Meat, wool
Gotland	[[Image:Gotland pelt sheep.jpg	85px]]	Gotland Pälsfår, Gotland pelt	Sweden	Meat, wool
Gökçeada			Turkey
Greenlandic sheep		kalaallit savaataat, sava	Greenland	Meat, wool
Greyface Dartmoor	[[Image:Sheep, London Wetland Centre.jpg	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat
Grey Troender	[[File:Grey troender sheep.jpg	85px]]	Grå trøndersau	Norway	Wool
Gromark	[[File:Gromark.jpg	85px]]		Australia	Meat, wool
Gulf Coast Native	[[File:Gulf Coast Native sheep.jpg	85px]]	Louisiana Scrub, Pineywoods Native	Gulf Coast, United States
Guligas			Uzbekistan
Guirra			Schoenian	2010}}	Meat
Gute	[[Image:Gutebagge.jpg	85px]]	Gutefår	Sweden	Genetic conservation

G

Galway
Ganjia
Gansu Alpine Fine-wool
Gentile di Puglia
Geschecktes Bergschaf
Ghezel
Gotland, Gotland Pelt
Gökçeada
Greenlandic sheep
Greyface Dartmoor
Grey Troender
Gromark
Groningen Milk sheep (extinct breed)
Gulf Coast
Guirra Spanish dairy breed, almost extinct
Gute --

H

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Hampshire	[[Image:Mouton Hampshire.JPG	85px]]	Hampshire Down	United Kingdom	Meat
Han			Mongolia, China
Langzhou Large-tail HanHan subtype			Northern China
Small-tail Han			China	Meat
Hanzhong			China
Harnai			Pakistan
Hasht Nagri			date=2021-07-01	title=Hasht Nagri Sheep - Oklahoma State University	url=https://breeds.okstate.edu/sheep/hasht-nagri-sheep.html	access-date=2023-09-15	website=breeds.okstate.edu	language=en}}	Meat, wool
Hazaragie			last1=ali Askar	first1=Sayed	last2=Ahmad	first2=Sohail	last3=Ibrahim	first3=Muhammad	date=September 2013	title=Documentation and morphology of Hazaragie sheep native to central Afghanistan	url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256719263	journal=The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences	via=ResearchGate}}	Meat
Hebridean	[[Image:Hebridean ram closeup.jpg	85px]]	St. Kilda sheep	Scotland	Vegetation management
Heidschnucke	[[Image:Heidschnucke-Horst.jpg	85px]]	Family of sheep including
the three breeds below	Germany	Meat, wool, vegetation management
Graue gehörnte HeidschnuckeHeidschnucke subtype	[[Image:heidschnucke.jpg	85px]]	Grey Horned Heath	Germany	Meat, wool, vegetation management
Moorschnucke	[[File:Moorschnucke im Wildfreigehege Bend Grevenbroich 02 b.jpg	85px]]	White Polled Heath	Germany	Meat, wool, vegetation management
Weiße gehörnte Heidschnucke	[[File:Graue gehörnte Heidschnucke qtl1.jpg	85px]]	White Horned Heath	Germany	Meat, wool, vegetation management
Herdwick	[[Image:Lone Lake District Herdwick.jpg	85px]]		England	Meat
Herik			Turkey
Hill Radnor			Wales	Meat
Hog Island	[[Image:Hog Island sheep at Mt Vernon.jpg	85px]]		United States	Wool
Hu

H

Hampshire
Han
- Langzhou Large-tail Han
- Small-tail Han
Hanzhong
Harnai
Hasht Nagri
Hazaragie
Hebridean
Heidschnucke (German Heath)
- Graue gehörnte Heidschnucke (German Grey Heath)
- Moorschnucke (Weiße hornlose Heidschnucke, White Polled Heath)
- Weiße gehörnte Heidschnucke (White Horned Heath)
Herdwick
Herik
Hill Radnor
Hog Island
Hu --

I

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Icelandic sheep	[[Image:Icelandic sheep summer 06.jpg	85px]]	íslenska sauðkindin	Iceland	Meat, milk, wool
Inner Mongolian wool			China
Île-de-France	[[Image:Ile de France 2.jpg	85px]]	Dishley Merino	France	Meat
Istrian milk	[[File:Istarska ovca.jpg	85px]]	Istrian Pramenka	Croatia, Slovenia	Meat, milk

I

Icelandic sheep
Inner Mongolian wool
Île-de-France
Iranian Red sheep
Istrian milk --

J

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Jacob	[[Image:Jacob sheep.jpg	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat, wool, hide, pet
Jezersko–Solčava sheep	[[File:Krainer Brillenschafe Stübing 007.jpg	85px]]	Desilva	Fitch	1995ad}}	Slovenia	Meat
Juraschaf

J

Jacob
Jezerskosolcavska
Juraschaf --

K

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Karacabey Merino			Turkey
Kachhi			Pakistan
Kajli	[[File:Kajla_Lamb.jpg	85px]]		Pakistan	Meat, milk, wool
Kamakuyruk			Turkey
Karakul	[[Image:102 0198 Karakul3.jpg	85px]]		Central Asia	Meat, milk, wool, hide
Karayaka	[[File:Karayaka-Sheep-1.jpg	85px]]		Turkey	Meat, milk, wool
Kärntner Brillenschaf	[[File:Brillenschaf.jpg	85px]]	Spectacled Alpine Sheep	Austria	Meat, wool, hide
Katahdin	[[File:Katahdin1.png	85px]]		United States	Meat
Kempen Heath			Netherlands
Kerry Hill	[[Image:Kerry Hill ewe and lamb.jpg	85px]]		Wales	Meat
Kihnu Native		Kihnu maalammas	Estonia	Wool
Kıvırcık			Turkey
Kooka			Pakistan	Milk
Kashmir Merino			Kashmir	Wool
Karagouniko			Greece

K

Kachhi
Kajli
Kamakuyruk
Karakul (sheep)
Karayaka
Katahdin
Kempen Heath
Kerry Hill
Kivircik
Kooka
Krainer Steinschaf
Karagouniko --

L

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Lacaune	[[Image:Brebis lacaune.jpg	85px]]		France	Milk
Ladoum			Senegal
Landais
Langhe
Lati
Latxa	[[File:Latxa.jpg	85px]]	Lacha	Spain	Milk
Leccese		Moscia Leccese	Italy	Wool, milk
Leineschaf	[[File:Leineschaf.jpg	85px]]		Germany	Meat, wool
Lincoln	[[Image:o aye.jpg	85px]]	Lincoln Longwool	England	Wool
Lithuanian Black-headed	[[File:Lithuanian black-headed sheep (Belagro-2021).jpg	85px]]	Lietuvos vietines siurksciavilnês	Lithuania	Meat, wool
Llanwenog	[[File:Llanwenog and Shropshire sheep - geograph.org.uk - 602713.jpg	85px]]		Wales	Meat
Lleyn	[[Image:Lleyn sheep.jpg	85px]]	Dafad Llŷn	Wales	Meat
Lohi			Pakistan	Wool
Lonk	[[File:Lonk ram, ewe and lamb.jpg	85px]]	Improved Haslingden	England	Meat, wool
Luzein sheep

L

Lacaune
Landais
Langhe
Lati
Latxa
Leineschaf (Leine sheep)
- Leineschaf ursprünglicher Typ (Leine old type)
Leicester Longwool (Bakewells Longwool)
Lincoln
Lithuanian Black-Headed sheep
Llanwenog
Lleyn
Lohi
Lonk
Luzein sheep --

M

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Magra sheep	[[File:Magra Sheep Flock.JPG	102x102px]]	Bikaneri Chokhla, Chakri, Bikaneri	Rajasthan, India	Wool
Maltese			Malta
Manchega	[[File:Meseta herd.jpg	85px]]		Spain	Meat, milk
Manech
Marwari	[[Image:Marwari Sheep.JPG	85px]]		India	Meat, wool
Manx Loaghtan	[[Image:Manx loaghtan.jpg	85px]]	Loaghtyn, Loghtan	Isle of Man	Wool
Masai			Kenya
Masham	[[File:Masham sheep at Masham Sheep Fair 2010.jpg	85px]]		England	Meat, wool
Massese sheep	[[File:Massese.JPG	85px]]		Italy	Milk
Meatmaster	[[File:Meatmaster.jpg	85px]]		South Africa	Meat
Mehraban			Iran	Meat
Merinizzata Italiana			Italy	Meat, wool
Merino	[[Image:Merino sheep.png	85px]]		Spain, Turkey	Meat, wool
Argentine MerinoMerino subtype			Argentina	Meat, wool
Arles Merino			France	Meat, wool
Booroola Merino			Australia	Wool, research
Delaine Merino			United States	Wool
East Merino sheep			France	Meat, wool
Karacabey Merino			Turkey
Medium-wool Merino
Merinofleischschaf
Merinolandschaf	[[File:Noe merino.jpg	85px]]		Germany	Meat, wool
Merino Longwool
Poll Merino	[[Image:Poll Merino.jpg	85px]]		Australia	Meat, wool
South African Merino			South Africa	Meat, wool
South African Meat Merino	[[Image:SAMM.JPG	85px]]	SAMM	South Africa	Meat, wool
Strong Wool Merino
Transylvanian Merino			Romania
Ming Black
Moghani
Montadale	[[File:Open Show Champion Montadale Ewe (23726474668).jpg	85px]]		United States	Meat, wool
Morada Nova	[[File:Ovinos Morada Nova.jpg	85px]]	Brazilian Woolless	Brazil	Meat
Moles

M

Maltese
Manchega
Manech
Manx Loaghtan
Marco Polo sheep
Masai
Massese sheep
Mehraban
Merinizzata Italiana
Merino
- Argentine Merino
- Arles Merino
- Booroola Merino
- Delaine Merino
- Fonthill Merino
- Karacabey Merino
- Medium-wool Merino
- Merinofleischschaf (German Mutton Merino)
- Merinolandschaf (German Merino)
- Merino Longwool
- Poll Merino
- South African Merino
- South African Meat Merino (SAMM)
- Strong Wool Merino
Ming Black
Moghani
Montadale
Morada Nova
Moles --

N

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Najdi	[[Image:Najdi sheep 3.jpg	85px]]	Nejdi	Saudi Arabia	Meat, milk, wool
Namaqua Afrikaner			South Africa	Meat, pelts
Nali		Western India	India	Wool
Navajo-Churro sheep	[[Image:Navajo-Churro ewe.jpg	85px]]		United States	Wool
Nederlandse Bonte Schaap		Dutch Spotted Sheep	Netherlands	meat, wool
Nellore		palia, jodipi, dora	India	Meat
Newfoundland	[[File:Sheep on the Green Garden's Trail (cropped).jpg	85px]]	Newfoundland Local	Canada
Nilgiri	[[File:Nilgiri sheep's grazing in ooty lake side.jpg	85px]]		India
Noire du Velay	[[File:Brebies_Noire_du_Velay_au_pâturage.JPG	85px]]		France	Meat
Nolana sheep
Norfolk Horn	[[Image:Norfolk Horn wether.jpg	85px]]	Blackface Norfolk Horned, Norfolk Horned, Old Norfolk, Old Norfolk Horned	United Kingdom	Meat
North Ronaldsay	[[Image:North ron sheep.jpg	85px]]	Orkney	Scotland	Wool
Northern European short-tailed sheep (group of breeds)	[[Image:Shetland sheep tail.jpg	85px]]		Baltic states, British Isles, Scandinavia, Germany, Russia	Meat, milk, wool
Norwegian Fur

N

Navajo-Churro
Nellore
Nolana sheep
Norfolk Horn
North Country Cheviot
North Ronaldsay
Northern European short-tailed sheep (group of breeds and landraces)
Norwegian Fur sheep --

O

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Orkhon	[[Image:Orkhon_sheep_breed,_Orkhon_soum_of_Selenge_province,_Mongolia,_May_2018.jpg	90px]]		Mongolia	Wool
Ossimi
Ouessant	[[Image:Schaf Ouessantschaf 050902.jpg	85px]]	Ushant, Breton Island Dwarf	France	Wool, hobby
Oula
Oxford	[[Image:Mudchute farm sheep with lambs.jpg	85px]]	Oxford Down	United Kingdom	Meat

O

Old Norwegian
Orkney
Ossimi
Ouessant
Oula
Oxford --

P

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Pag Island		Paška ovca	Croatia	Meat, milk
Pagliarola
Panama			United States	Meat
Pedi sheep		Bapedi	South Africa	Meat
Pelibüey	[[Image:Mottled sheep.jpg	85px]]	Cubano Rojo	Caribbean, Mexico, South America	Meat
Perendale			New Zealand	Meat
Pinzirita			Sicily	Milk
Pitt Island			Chatham Islands, New Zealand	Wool
Polwarth			Australia	Meat, wool
Polypay	[[File:2017 APSA sale.jpg	85px]]		United States	Meat, wool
Portland	[[File:Orford_Ness_-_Portland_Sheep_(14534764423).jpg	85px]]		England	Meat
Pramenka	[[Image:Lička pramenka.jpg	85px]]	Lička, Istarska, Kupreška or Dubska pramenka	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia	Meat, milk, wool
Priangan		Garut	Indonesia	Meat, ram fighting
Polish Heath			Poland
Poll Dorset	[[Image:Poll dorset.jpg	85px]]		Australia	Meat
Polled Dorset	[[Image:Ewe and lamb taken at the NCSU Small Ruminant Educational Unit.jpg	85px]]		United States	Meat
Pomeranian Coarsewool Sheep	[[Image:Pommernschaf.jpg	85px]]	Pomeranian Sheep, Rauhwolliges Pommersches Landschaf	Germany	Meat, vegetation management

P

Pag Island
Pagliarola
Panama
Pedi Sheep
Pelibüey
Penistone - see Whitefaced Woodland
Perendale
Pinzirita
Pitt Island
Polwarth
Polypay
Portland
Priangan
Polish Heath
Poll Dorset
Poll Merino
Pomeranian Coarsewool Sheep (also Pomeranian Sheep, Pommernschaf, Rauhwolliges Pommersches Landschaf) --

Q

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Qashqai			China
Qiaoke			China
Qinghai Black Tibetan			China
Qinghai Semifinewool			China
Quadrella			Italy
Quanglin Large-Tail			China

R

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Rabo Largo
Racka	[[Image:Zackelschafe Tiergarten Bernburg 06-03-2008.jpg	85px]]	Ovce cápová, Cápovice	Hungary	Meat, milk, wool
Rahmany sheep		El-rahmani	Egypt	Meat, milk, wool
Rambouillet	[[Image:Rambouillet.jpg	85px]]	Rambouillet Merino, French Merino	France	Meat, wool
Rasa Aragonesa			Aragón	Meat
Red Engadine	[[File:Engadinerschaf in den zwei Farbschlägen Braun und Schwarz, Schweiz.jpg	85px]]	Engadine	Switzerland
Red Karaman			Turkey
Red Maasai	[[File:Maasai sheep, Kenya.jpg	85px]]		East Africa	Meat
Rhoen sheep				vegetation management
Rideau Arcott			Canada
Romanov	[[File:Beranlinierohan.jpg	85px]]		Russia	Meat
Romney sheep	[[Image:Romneyram1.jpg	85px]]	Romney Marsh	United Kingdom	Meat, wool
Roslag	[[Image:Roslagsfår ungdjur.jpg	85px]]	Roslagsfår	Sweden	Meat, wool
Rouge de l'Ouest	[[Image:Rouge de l'Ouest.JPG	85px]]	Tête rouge du Maine	France	Meat
Rouge du Roussillon	[[Image:Mouton-rouge-du-roussillon SDA2013.JPG	85px]]	Roussillion Red	France	Meat, wool
Rough Fell	[[File:Rough Fell ram.jpg	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat
Roux du Valais	[[Image:Roux du Valais feeding lamb 1.jpg	85px]]	Walliser Landschaf, Roux du Pays	Switzerland	Meat, wool
Ruda	[[Image:Dubrovacka ruda.jpg	85px]]		Albania, Croatia	Wool
Rya	[[File:Forslundas får.jpg	85px]]	Ryafår, Swedish Carpet Wool Sheep	Sweden	Wool
Ryeland	[[File:Ryeland sheep - geograph.org.uk - 1543697.jpg	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat
Rygja

R

Rabo Largo
Racka
Rambouillet
Rasa Aragonesa
Rauhwolliges Pommersches Landschaf (Pomeranian Coarsewool)
Red Engadine
Red Karaman
Rhönschaf (Rhoen sheep)
Rideau Arcott
Romanov
Romeldale
Romney sheep (Romney Marsh)
Roslag
Rouge de l'Ouest
Rouge de Roussillon (Roussillon Red)
Rough Fell
Royal White
Ruda
Rya
Ryeland
Rygja --

S

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Sahel-type
Sakiz		Çesme	Turkey	Wool
Saraja			Turkmenistan	Wool, meat
Santa Cruz	[[File:Santa Cruz sheep, Roger Williams Park Zoo.jpg	85px]]		Santa Cruz Island, United States	Wool
Santa Inês	[[File:Ovinos Santa Ines.jpg	85px]]		Brazil	Meat
Sardinian	[[Image:Sardinian Sheep - pecora sardegna.jpg	85px]]	Brabei Sarda, Pecora Sarda	Italy	Milk
Sardi (Moroccan sheep)	[[Image: Sardi_Maroc.jpg	85px]]		Morocco	Meat, milk, wool
Schoonebeker
Schwarzköpfiges Fleischschaf
Schwarzes Bergschaf
Scottish Blackface	[[Image:Sheep on the isle of Lewis.jpg	85px]]	Blackfaced Highland, Kerry, Linton, Scotch Blackface, Scotch Horn, Scottish Highland, Scottish Mountain	Scotland	Meat
Scottish Dunface		Scottish Tanface, Old Scottish Short-wool	Scotland (extinct)	Meat, wool
Serrai	[[File:Serres+breed.jpg	Serres+breed	85px]]	Serraika, Serron	Greece, Serres	Meat, milk, wool
Shetland	[[Image:Shetland ewe.jpg	85px]]		Shetland Islands	Meat, wool
Shropshire	[[Image:Shropshire Clark County fair.JPG	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat
Sicilian Barbary			Sicily
Skudde	[[Image:Skudde Bock.jpg	85px]]	skudden	Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland	Meat, vegetation management, felting
Soay	[[Image:Soay sheep lamb.png	85px]]		Scotland	Meat
Somali	[[Image:Somali sheep.jpg	85px]]	Berbera Blackhead	Somalia	Meat
Sopravissana			Italy	Milk
South Devon			United Kingdom
South Dorset			United Kingdom
South Hampshire			United Kingdom
Southdown	[[Image:Southdown Clark County fair.JPG	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat
South Wales Mountain			Wales
Spælsau	[[Image:Norway sheep portrait.jpg	85px]]	Old Norwegian Short Tail Landrace	Norway	Meat
Spiegel
St. Croix	[[Image:St Croix sheep.jpg	85px]]	Virgin Island white	Virgin Islands	Meat
Steigar
Steinschaf
Suffolk	[[Image:7 month old Suffolk Ram Lamb.JPG	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat
Sumavska			Czech Republic	Meat, milk, wool
Swaledale	[[Image:Swaledale Sheep, Lake District, England - June 2009.jpg	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat, wool
Swedish Fur			Sweden
Swifter
Schweizer Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf
Schweizer Alpenschaf
Såne			Denmark	Meat, pelt

S

Sahel-type
Sakiz
SAMM (South African Meat Merino)
Santa Cruz
Santa Inês
Sardinian
Šar Mountain
Schoonebeker
Schwarzköpfiges Fleischschaf (German Blackheaded Mutton)
Schwarzes Bergschaf
Scottish Blackface
Shetland
Shropshire
Sicilian Barbary
Skudde
Soay
Somali
Sonid
Sopravissana
South Devon
South Dorset
South Hampshire
South Suffolk
Southdown
South Wales Mountain
Spælsau
Spiegel
St. Croix (Virgin Island white)
Steigar
Steinschaf
Suffolk
Sumavska
Swaledale
Swedish Fur
Swifter
Schweizer Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf (Swiss Black-Brown Mountain)
Schweizer Alpenschaf (Swiss Alpine)
Saane --

T

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Taleshi			Iran	Meat
			China	Hides, meat
Targhee	[[File:2009-Targhee-Sheep.jpg	85px]]		United States	Wool
Tautra
Teeswater	[[Image:Track of Railway, from Ingleby Incline at Bank Foot Farm - geograph.org.uk - 1594044.jpg	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat
TEFRom			New Zealand	Meat, wool
Texel	[[Image:Texel sheep.jpg	85px]]		Netherlands	Meat
Thalli
Ţigaie			Romania	Meat, milk, wool
Tiroler Steinschaf	[[File:Wien-Schönbrunn, Zoo, der Haidachhof, Stall, Tiroler Steinschaf.JPG	85px]]	Pecora della Roccia Tirolese	Austria	Meat, wool
Touabire
Ţsurcană			Romania	Meat, milk, wool
Tukidale			Tuki Tuki in New Zealand, then Australia	Meat, specialty carpet wool
Tunis	[[Image:Garrison Kunst and Luke in 2008.jpg	85px]]	Tunisian Barbary	Tunisia	Meat
Tuj			Turkey
Türkgeldi			Turkey

T

Taleshi (Iran)
Tan
Targhee
Tautra (extinct)
Teeswater
Texel
Thalli
Tiroler Steinschaf (Tyrol Mountain)
Tong or Toeng
Touabire
Tsurcana
Tukidale
Tunis
Tuj
Türkgeldi --

U

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Uda			Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, northern Nigeria	Meat

U

Uda
Ujumqin
Ushant --

V

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Valachian sheep	[[File:2022-11-13 Female Valachian sheep in Hesse (117).jpg	85px]]	Native Wallachian sheep	Czech Republic	Meat, milk, wool
Valachian Improved sheep			Czech Republic	Meat, milk, wool
Valais Blacknose	[[Image:Valais Blacknose Sheep.jpg	85px]]	Wallis Blacknose, Walliser Schwarznasenschaf, Blacknosed Swiss, Visp, Visperschaf	Switzerland	Meat, wool
Van Rooy		Van Rooy White Persian	South Africa	Meat
Vendéen	[[File:Mouton vendeen02 SDA2011.JPG	85px]]		France	Meat

V

Valais Blacknose (Walliser Schwarznasenschaf)
Van Rooy
Vendéen --

W

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Waldschaf	[[File:Waldschaf Zoo Salzburg 2014 b.jpg	85px]]
Waziri			Pakistan	Meat, wool
Weißes Bergschaf
Welsh Hill Speckled Face			Wales
Welsh Mountain sheep	[[Image:White Welsh Mountain sheep.jpg	85px]]	Defaid Mynydd Cymreig	Wales	Meat
Badger Face Welsh MountainWelsh Mountain subtype	[[Image:Hello, how are ewe today?.jpg	85px]]	Defaid Idloes, Badger Faced Welsh Mountain, Welsh Badger-faced	Wales	Meat
Balwen Welsh Mountain sheep	[[File:Balwen Black Mountain ewe and lamb - Frampton - geograph.org.uk - 1763400.jpg	85px]]		Wales	Meat
Black Welsh Mountain sheep	[[Image:Black sheep Herriard Estate.jpg	85px]]	Defaid Mynydd Duon	Wales	Meat
South Wales Mountain			Wales
Wensleydale	[[Image:File-Shorn Wensleydale.jpg	85px]]		England	Meat
West African Dwarf		last=International Livestock Research Institute, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)	title =Sustainable crop - livestock production for improved livelihoods and natural resource management in West Africa:proceedings of an international conference held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, Nigeria, 19-22	year =2004	publisher=ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)	page =419	url =https://books.google.com/books?id=72k1wM23wc4C&q=djallonke+origins&pg=PA419	isbn=978-92-9146-161-5}}	West Africa and Central Africa	Meat
White Horned Heath
White Karaman		url=https://tarfin.com/blog/akkaraman-koyunu-nedir-ozellikleri-nelerdir	title=Akkaraman Koyunu Nedir? Özellikleri Nelerdir?	date=2022-05-22	access-date=2024-05-09}}	Located in Central Anatolia, provinces adjacent to Eastern Anatolia and Southern Anatolia, the Black Sea region, and the Mediterranean regions close to Central Anatolia.
White Suffolk			Australia	Meat
Whiteface Dartmoor			United Kingdom	Meat
Whitefaced Woodland	[[File:Sheep at Freightliner Farm.jpg	85px]]	Penistone sheep	England	Meat
White Maritza sheep	[[Image:White Maritza Sheep Iz6.JPG	85px]]		Bulgaria
Wiltipoll	[[Image:Wiltipoll.jpg	85px]]		Australia	Meat
Wiltshire Horn	[[Image:Sheep, Broadnymett, North Tawton, Devon - geograph.org.uk - 449780.jpg	85px]]		United Kingdom	Meat

W

Walachenschaf (Valachian sheep)
Waldschaf (Bavarian Forest sheep)
Wallis Country
Waziri
Weißes Bergschaf (Swiss White Alpine)
Weißköpfiges Fleischschaf (German Whiteheaded Mutton)
Welsh Hill Speckled Face
Welsh Mountain sheep
- Badger Face Welsh Mountain (Defaid Idloes)
- Balwen Welsh Mountain sheep
- Black Welsh Mountain sheep
Wensleydale
West African Dwarf
White Horned Heath sheep
White Karaman
White Suffolk
Whiteface Dartmoor
Whitefaced Woodland
Wiltipoll (Wiltshire Poll)
Wiltshire Horn --

X

Name	Picture	Origin	Purpose
Xalda	85px	Spain	Meat
Xaxi Ardia		Spain
Xinjiang Finewool		China	Meat, wool

X

Xalda
Xaxi Ardia
Xinjiang Finewool --

Y

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Yankasa	[[File:Yankasa IMG 20200418 175545-1.jpg	85px]]		Nigeria	Meat
Yellow sheep			Yorkshire
Yemen White			Yemen
Yiecheng
Yoroo
Yunnan Semifinewool			China

Y

Yankasa
Yemeni
Yemen White
Yiecheng
Yoroo
Yunnan Semifinewool --

Z

Name	Picture	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Zackel			Hungary
Zaghawa
Zaian
Zaïre Long-Legged
Zakynthos
Zeeland Milk
Zel
Zelazna		Zeleznienska	Poland	Meat
Zemmour
Zeta Yellow
Zlatusha
Zoulay
Zwartbles	[[Image:Zwartbles in Zeeland.jpg	85px]]		Netherlands	Meat, milk, cheese
Zulu sheep		Nguni	South Africa	Meat

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