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Meat Sheep Breeds

• Berrichon du Cher Sheep: Breed ProfileA French meat sheep.
• Bleu du Maine Sheep: Breed ProfileA French sheep with a bluish face.
• Border Cheviot Sheep: Breed ProfileA white-faced hill sheep.
• Charollais Sheep: Breed ProfileA French meat breed with a clean pink face.
• Cheviot Sheep: Breed ProfileA hardy white-faced hill sheep with upright ears.
• Clun Forest Sheep: Breed ProfileA hardy English hill breed with a dark, woolly face.
• Dorset Down Sheep: Breed ProfileA short-wool English meat breed.
• Dorset Sheep: Breed ProfileA white-faced meat sheep that can breed out of season.
• Hampshire Sheep: Breed ProfileA large, dark-faced sheep with a Roman nose and heavy muscling.
• Ile de France Sheep: Breed ProfileA French meat sheep.
• Montadale Sheep: Breed ProfileA white-faced, dual-purpose sheep from Cheviot and Columbia.
• North Country Cheviot Sheep: Breed ProfileA larger Cheviot developed for northern Scotland.
• Oxford Sheep: Breed ProfileA large English meat breed with a brown face and strong frame.
• Rouge de l'Ouest Sheep: Breed ProfileA French meat sheep with a reddish face.
• Shropshire Sheep: Breed ProfileA woolly-faced English breed popular with small flocks.
• Southdown Sheep: Breed ProfileOne of the oldest English meat breeds, small and compact.
• Suffolk Sheep: Breed ProfileThe black-faced, long-legged meat sheep that dominates show rings.
• Texel Sheep: Breed ProfileA heavily muscled Dutch breed with a short, wide head.
• Vendeen Sheep: Breed ProfileA French meat sheep.
• Zwartbles Sheep: Breed ProfileA black Dutch sheep with a white blaze.

Wool and Dual-Purpose Sheep Breeds

• Altai Sheep Sheep: Breed ProfileA fat-tailed sheep of Central Asia.
• Assaf Sheep: Breed ProfileAn Israeli dairy sheep.
• Awassi Sheep: Breed ProfileA fat-tailed Middle Eastern sheep.
• Babydoll Southdown Sheep: Breed ProfileA miniature Southdown with a cute, teddy-bear face.
• Beulah Speckled Face Sheep: Breed ProfileA Welsh hill sheep with a speckled face.
• Black Welsh Mountain Sheep: Breed ProfileA small, black Welsh breed with a tidy build.
• Blackface Sheep: Breed ProfileThe most common sheep in Britain.
• Bluefaced Leicester Sheep: Breed ProfileA British breed with a blue-skinned face and fine, lustrous wool.
• Border Leicester Sheep: Breed ProfileA tall English breed with a Roman nose and long wool.
• Churra Sheep: Breed ProfileA Spanish dairy sheep.
• Columbia Sheep: Breed ProfileA large American dual-purpose breed developed in Wyoming.
• Coopworth Sheep: Breed ProfileA New Zealand longwool cross.
• Corriedale Sheep: Breed ProfileA dual-purpose breed from New Zealand with medium wool.
• Cotswold Sheep: Breed ProfileA longwool breed with a wavy fleece and a forelock.
• Deccani Sheep: Breed ProfileAn Indian sheep.
• Drenthe Heath Sheep: Breed ProfileA Dutch heath sheep.
• Drysdale Sheep: Breed ProfileA carpet-wool sheep from New Zealand.
• East Friesian Sheep: Breed ProfileThe dairy sheep from northern Germany and the Netherlands.
• Edilbay Sheep: Breed ProfileA Kazakh fat-tailed sheep.
• Finnsheep Sheep: Breed ProfileA small Finnish breed famous for large litters.
• Fonthill Merino Sheep: Breed ProfileA Merino type.
• Gaddi Sheep: Breed ProfileAn Indian hill sheep.
• Gotland Sheep: Breed ProfileA Swedish sheep with gray curly wool.
• Gulf Coast Native Sheep: Breed ProfileA hardy Southern heritage sheep adapted to heat and parasites.
• Herdwick Sheep: Breed ProfileA hardy sheep of the Lake District.
• Hissar Sheep: Breed ProfileA very large fat-tailed sheep.
• Hu Sheep Sheep: Breed ProfileA prolific Chinese sheep.
• Icelandic Sheep: Breed ProfileA hardy Nordic multi-purpose breed with a dual coat.
• Jacob Sheep: Breed ProfileA spotted, multi-horned heritage sheep.
• Karagul Sheep: Breed ProfileA fat-tailed Central Asian sheep.
• Karakachan Sheep: Breed ProfileA Balkan mountain sheep.
• Karakul Sheep: Breed ProfileA fat-tailed Central Asian breed known for lambskin and carpet wool.
• Kerry Hill Sheep: Breed ProfileA black-and-white faced Welsh sheep.
• Lacaune Sheep: Breed ProfileA French dairy sheep used for Roquefort cheese.
• Leicester Longwool Sheep: Breed ProfileA historic English longwool breed.
• Lincoln Sheep: Breed ProfileThe largest British sheep, with very long, heavy wool.
• Lleyn Sheep: Breed ProfileA Welsh breed from the Llyn Peninsula.
• Manchega Sheep: Breed ProfileA Spanish sheep known for Manchego cheese.
• Manx Loaghtan Sheep: Breed ProfileA multi-horned sheep from the Isle of Man.
• Merino Delaine Sheep: Breed ProfileAn American Merino type.
• Merino Sheep: Breed ProfileThe world's fine-wool breed from Spain.
• Merinolandschaf Sheep: Breed ProfileA German Merino.
• Navajo-Churro Sheep: Breed ProfileA heritage breed tied to the Navajo people and Spanish colonists.
• Ouessant Sheep: Breed ProfileThe smallest sheep.
• Perendale Sheep: Breed ProfileA New Zealand sheep.
• Polypay Sheep: Breed ProfileA prolific American composite with good wool and meat.
• Pomeranian Landschaf Sheep: Breed ProfileA German sheep.
• Rambouillet Sheep: Breed ProfileThe fine-wool French Merino descendant, widely used in the West.
• Rhoen Sheep: Breed ProfileA German mountain sheep.
• Romanov Sheep: Breed ProfileA prolific Russian breed with dark lambs that turn gray.
• Romney Sheep: Breed ProfileA hardy longwool from Kent, England, loved by spinners.
• Sarda Sheep: Breed ProfileAn Italian dairy sheep.
• Shetland Sheep: Breed ProfileA small, hardy Scottish island breed with soft wool.
• Skudde Sheep: Breed ProfileA small primitive sheep.
• Small-Tailed Han Sheep: Breed ProfileA Chinese sheep.
• Swaledale Sheep: Breed ProfileA hill sheep from Yorkshire.
• Targhee Sheep: Breed ProfileA hardy American range breed with fine-medium wool.
• Teeswater Sheep: Breed ProfileA rare English longwool.
• Tibetan Sheep Sheep: Breed ProfileA carpet-wool sheep of the plateau.
• Tunis Sheep: Breed ProfileAn American heritage breed with a tan face and red-tan legs.
• Van Sheep Sheep: Breed ProfileA fat-tailed Turkish sheep.
• Wensleydale Sheep: Breed ProfileA longwool sheep with curly locks.
• Zackel Sheep: Breed ProfileA European hill sheep.

Hair Sheep Breeds

• American Blackbelly Sheep: Breed ProfileA U.S. sheep developed from Barbados Blackbelly and mouflon crosses.
• Barbados Blackbelly Sheep: Breed ProfileA Caribbean hair sheep with a tan coat and black belly.
• Blackhead Persian Sheep: Breed ProfileA fat-rumped hair sheep.
• Damara Sheep: Breed ProfileA fat-tailed hair sheep from Africa.
• Dorper Sheep: Breed ProfileA South African meat sheep with a black head and white body.
• Ethiopian Highland Sheep Sheep: Breed ProfileAn African highland sheep.
• Garole Sheep: Breed ProfileA small prolific Indian sheep.
• Hog Island Sheep Sheep: Breed ProfileA rare feral sheep from a Virginia barrier island.
• Katahdin Sheep: Breed ProfileAn American hair sheep that sheds its coat and needs no shearing.
• Meatmaster Sheep: Breed ProfileA South African hair sheep composite.
• Morada Nova Sheep: Breed ProfileA Brazilian hair sheep.
• Nellore Sheep Sheep: Breed ProfileAn Indian hair sheep.
• Painted Desert Sheep: Breed ProfileA spotted U.S. hair sheep.
• Pelibuey Sheep: Breed ProfileA Cuban hair sheep.
• Red Maasai Sheep: Breed ProfileAn East African hair sheep.
• Royal White Sheep: Breed ProfileA white U.S. hair sheep composite.
• Santa Cruz Island Sheep Sheep: Breed ProfileA rare feral sheep from a California island.
• Soay Sheep: Breed ProfileA primitive sheep from St Kilda.
• St. Croix Sheep: Breed ProfileA Caribbean hair sheep with strong parasite resistance.
• White Dorper Sheep: Breed ProfileThe all-white variety of the Dorper.
• Wiltshire Horn Sheep: Breed ProfileA British horned sheep that sheds its wool.