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Ovis aries Ovis aries (sheep)
Establishment of feral herbivores like sheep (Ovis aries) have had significant ecological impacts on island ecosystems. Island ecosystems...
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Hu sheep Hu sheep
Linguistic and archaeological evidence indicates that Hu sheep were descended from Mongolian sheep in North China. Mongolian sheep...
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Gute sheep Gute sheep
Gute sheep have a long-standing history in Sweden. Archaeological finds indicate that they are closely related to the sheep brought to northern...
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Gotland sheep Gotland sheep
The Gotland and Gute sheep have their origins in the native sheep breeds of Sweden.In the late 1910s and early 1920s both types...
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Awassi sheep Awassi sheep
The Awassi breed is found in the same area as the origins of sheep as a species. The Awassi is a fat-tailed breed and this type of sheep has...
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Deccani sheep Deccani sheep
Deccani sheep are classified as a separate breed (Mason, 1996). The breed of sheep found on the Deccan plateau, are commonly called Deccani....
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Lacho sheep Lacho sheep
Archaeological findings indicate that sheep arrived in the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula with the advent of agriculture seven millennia...
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Chios sheep Chios sheep
It is suggested that the Chios breed is the result of crossbreeding between the local sheep of the island of Chios and breeds of Anatolia...
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Charollais sheep Charollais sheep
Sheep of varying types, collectively known as ‘Morvandelles’, were kept in the region extending from the mountains of Morvan to the Charolles...
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  Polwarth sheep
The Polwarth sheep breed was developed from around 1880 in West Victoria, Australia. It was developed from crosses between Merino and crossbred...
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