List of North American sheep breeds

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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.

NameNotesConservation statusImage
Agnis [3] : 260 
  • FAO (2007): no data [4] : 125 
American Blackbelly [5] : 753 
  • FAO (2007): not listed [4] : 126 
American Jacob [1]
American Karakul [1]
American Merino
  • FAO (2007): no data [4] : 126 
 Biggle sheep book (Plate I) (6791993976).jpg
American Tunis [1] American Tunis 2008.jpg
Ancon
  • FAO (2007): extinct [4] : 126 
Bell Multi-nippled [4] : 16 
  • FAO (2007): extinct [4] : 16 
California Red
  • FAO (2007): no data [4] : 126 
California Variegated Mutant
  • FAO (2007): no data [4] : 126 
Canadian Arcott [6]
  • FAO (2007): endangered [4] : 16 
 Lambert sheep.jpg
Canadian Corriedale [6]
  • FAO (2007): endangered [4] : 16 
  • FAO (2007): no data [4] : 126 
 Ewe lamb, Columbia breed.jpg
Debouillet
  • FAO (2007): no data [4] : 126 
Delaine Merino Biggle sheep book (Plate II) (6938109727).jpg
DLS [6]
  • FAO (2007): endangered [4] : 16 
Gulf Coast Native Gulf Coast Native sheep.jpg
Hawaiian Black Buck
  • FAO (2007): no data [4] : 126 
Hog Island
  • FAO (2007): critical [4] : 126 
 Hog Island sheep at Norfolk Zoo.jpg
Imperial
  • FAO (2007): extinct [4] : 126 
Katahdin Katadin2s.png
Louisiana Native
  • FAO (2007): no data [4] : 126 
Montadale Open Show Champion Montadale Ram (37530230636).jpg
Navajo-Churro Navajo Churro Sheep.jpg
Newfoundland [6]
  • FAO (2007): critical [4] : 16 
Outaouais Arcott
  • FAO (2007): endangered [4] : 16 
Panama
  • FAO (2007): no data [4] : 126 
Polled Dorset Polled dorsets at the North Carolina State University small ruminant group farm (cropped).jpg
Polypay Polypay Ewe with Triplets (cropped).jpg
Rideau Arcott [6]
  • FAO (2007): endangered [4] : 16 
Romeldale
  • FAO (2007): no data [4] : 126 
 Romeldales and handler.JPG
Romnelet [6]
  • FAO (2007): no data [4] : 16 
St. Croix Pregnant ewe on Tortola.jpg
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz sheep, Roger Williams Park Zoo.jpg
Stone's Sheep [4] : 16 
  • FAO (2007): no data [4] : 16 
Targhee 2009-Targhee-Sheep.jpg
Warhill [2]
Willamette [2]
  • FAO (2007): no data [4] : 126 

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Conservation Priority List: Sheep. The Livestock Conservancy. Accessed July 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Breed data sheet: United States of America: Sheep. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2022.
  3. ↑ Valerie Porter, Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types, and Varieties (fifth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN   085199430X.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN   9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN   9781780647944.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Breed data sheet: Canada: Sheep. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2022.
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