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
American Jacob [1]
Agnis
  • FAO (2007): no data [3] :125
American Karakul [1]
American Merino
  • FAO (2007): no data [3] :126
American Tunis [1] American Tunis 2008.jpg
Ancon
  • FAO (2007): extinct [3] :126
Bell Multi-nippled [3] :16
  • FAO (2007): extinct [3] :16
California Red
  • FAO (2007): no data [3] :126
California Variegated Mutant
  • FAO (2007): no data [3] :126
Canadian Arcott [4]
  • FAO (2007): endangered [3] :16
Lambert sheep.jpg
Canadian Corriedale [4]
  • FAO (2007): endangered [3] :16
  • FAO (2007): no data [3] :126
Ewe lamb, Columbia breed.jpg
Debouillet
  • FAO (2007): no data [3] :126
Delaine Merino Biggle sheep book (Plate II) (6938109727).jpg
DLS [4]
  • FAO (2007): endangered [3] :16
Gulf Coast Native Gulf Coast Native sheep.jpg
Hawaiian Black Buck
  • FAO (2007): no data [3] :126
Hog Island
  • FAO (2007): critical [3] :126
Hog Island sheep at Norfolk Zoo.jpg
Imperial
  • FAO (2007): extinct [3] :126
Katahdin Katadin2s.png
Louisiana Native
  • FAO (2007): no data [3] :126
Montadale Open Show Champion Montadale Ram (37530230636).jpg
Navajo-Churro Navajo Churro Sheep.jpg
Newfoundland [4]
  • FAO (2007): critical [3] :16
Outaouais Arcott
  • FAO (2007): endangered [3] :16
Panama
  • FAO (2007): no data [3] :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 [4]
  • FAO (2007): endangered [3] :16
Romeldale
  • FAO (2007): no data [3] :126
Romeldales and handler.JPG
Romnelet [4]
  • FAO (2007): no data [3] :16
St. Croix Pregnant ewe on Tortola.jpg
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz sheep, Roger Williams Park Zoo.jpg
Stone's Sheep [3] :16
  • FAO (2007): no data [3] :16
Targhee 2009-Targhee-Sheep.jpg
Warhill [2]
Willamette [2]
  • FAO (2007): no data [3] :126

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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. 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 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.
  4. 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.