Sheep - Breeds

Groupsort descending Breed Synonyms
Developed / composite breeds Van Rooy Van Rooy While Persian
Developed / composite breeds Jaffna Deshiya Betaluwa; Lanka
Developed / composite breeds Walrich Mutton Merino
Developed / composite breeds Zoulay
Developed / composite breeds Aboudeleik
Developed / composite breeds Warle
Developed / composite breeds Vandor
Developed / composite breeds Okouma
Developed / composite breeds Tunisian Milk Sheep Sardinian; Silico-Sarde.
Developed / composite breeds Kazakh fine wool
Fat-rumped Hair sheep South African Persian Persian, Blackhead persian
Fat-rumped Hair sheep Blackhead Somali Berbera Blackhead, Blackhead Ogaden, Toposa (Sudan), Murle, Turkana, Gabbra, Boran, Adali (Afar blackhead), Blackhead Persian (in South Africa after genetic improvement), East African Blackheaded Persian (Uganda).
Fat-rumped Hair sheep Toposa Blackhead Persian, Blackhead Somali
Fat-tailed Coarse Wool (wavy wooled) Akale-Guzay Shimenzana, Rashaidi
Fat-tailed Coarse Wool (wavy wooled) Fellahi Fellah (literally meaning peasant); Baladi (literally meaning local or village); Sharkawi.
Fat-tailed Coarse Wool (wavy wooled) Rashaidi
Fat-tailed Coarse Wool (wavy wooled) Ibeidi Abidi; Ebeidi, Ibidi.
Fat-tailed Coarse Wool (wavy wooled) Barbary Libyan Barbary; Tunisian Barbarin; Algerian Barbarin.
Fat-tailed Coarse Wool (wavy wooled) Arsi-Bale Ethiopian Highland, Abyssinian, Arusi
Fat-tailed Coarse Wool (wavy wooled) Kurassi
Fat-tailed Coarse Wool (wavy wooled) Ethiopian Highland Abyssinian, Akale Guzay (Shimenzana), Arsi-Bale, Menz (Legagora, Rashaidi, Tukur (Lasta)
Fat-tailed Coarse Wool (wavy wooled) Barki Arab; Barqi; Bedouin; Dernawi (from the town of Derna); Maryuti; Libyan; Mariouti.
Fat-tailed Coarse Wool (wavy wooled) Libyan Barbary
Fat-tailed Coarse Wool (wavy wooled) Tukur Lasta, Ethiopian Highland, Abyssinian, Tikur
Fat-tailed Coarse Wool (wavy wooled) Dangila