List of sheep breeds - Definition

Breeds of sheep used in farming

For wool:

• Africana
• Barbado
• Barbados Blackbelly
• Blackhead Persian
• Brazilian Somali
• Damara
• Dorper
• Katahdin
• Masai
• Merino
• Morada Nova
• Pelibüey
• Rabo Largo
• Rambouillet
• Sahel-type
• Santa Inês
• Somali
• St. Croix (Virgin Island White)
• Touabire
• Uda
• West African Dwarf
• Wiltshire Horn

For mutton or lamb:

• Columbia
• Coopworth
• Corriedale
• Hampshire and South Hampshire
• Lincoln
• Merino
• Rambouillet
• Romney
• Southdown
• South Dorset
• Suffolk and South Suffolk

Alphabetical list of sheep breeds

A

• Acipayaa
• Adal
• Afghan Arabi
• Africana
• Alai
• Alcarreña
• Algarve Churro
• Algerian Arab
• Altai
• Altay
• Apennine
• Arabi
• Arapawa Island
• Argentine Merino
• Arles Merino
• Armenian Semicoarsewool
• Askanian
• Awassi

B

• Balkhi
• Baluchi
• Balwen Welsh Mountain
• Barbado
• Barbados Blackbelly
• Basco-Béarnais
• Bavarian Forest
• Bentheimer Landschaf
• Bergamasca
• Beulah Speckled-Face
• Bibrik
• Biellese
• Blackhead Persian
• Black Welsh Mountain Sheep
• Bleu du Maine
• Bluefaced Leicester
• Bond
• Booroola Merino
• Border Leicester
• Boreray
• Bovska
• Braunes Bergschaf
• Brazilian Somali
• Brecknock Hill Cheviot
• Brillenschaf
• British Milk Sheep
• Bündner Oberland

C

• California Red
• California Variegated Mutant
• Campanian Barbary
• Castlemilk Moorit
• Cine Capari
• Charollais
• Cheviot
• Chios
• Cholistani
• Clun Forest
• Coburger Fuchsschaf
• Columbia
• Comeback
• Comisana
• Coopworth
• Cormo
• Corriedale
• Cotswold
• Criollo

D

• Dala
• Dalesbred
• Dagliç
• Damani
• Damara
• Danish Landrace
• Dartmoor
• Debouillet
• Delaine Merino
• Deutsches Blaukoepfiges Fleischschaf
• Dorper
• Derbyshire Gritstone
• Devon Closewool
• Devon Longwoolled
• Dorset
• Dorset Down
• Drysdale

E

• Elliottdale
• Exmoor Horn

F

• Fabrianese
• Faeroes
• Finnsheep
• Fonthill Merino
• Friesian Milk Sheep

G

• Galway
• Gansu Alpine Fine-wool
• Gentile di Puglia
• German Blackheaded Mutton
• German Mountain
• German Mutton Merino
• German Whiteheaded Mutton
• Ghezel
• Gökçeada
• Graue Gehoernte Heidschnucke
• Greyface Dartmoor
• Gromark
• Gulf Coast
• Gute

H

• Hampshire
• Han
• Harnai
• Hasht Nagri
• Hazaragie
• Hebridean
• Herdwick
• Herik
• Hill Radnor
• Hog Island Sheep
• Hu

I

• Icelandic
• Ile-de-France
• Istrian Milk

J

• Jacob
• Jezerskosolcavska

K

• Kachhi
• Kajli
• Karacabey Merino
• Karakul
• Karayaka
• Katahdin
• Kerry Hill
• Kivircik
• Kooka

L

• Landais
• Langhe
• Lati
• Leicester Longwool
• Leineschaf
• Lincoln
• Llanwenog
• Lleyn
• Lohi
• Lonk
• Luzein

M

• Maltese
• Manchega
• Manech
• Manx Loaghtan
• Masai
• Massese
• Medium-Wool Merino
• Mehraban
• Merinizzata italiana
• Merinolandschaf
• Moghani
• Montadale
• Morada Nova
• mouflon

N

• Navajo-Churro
• Nellore
• Norfolk Horn
• North Country Cheviot
• North Ronaldsay
• Norwegian Fur

O

• Old Norwegian
• Orkney
• Ossimi
• Oxford

P

• Pag Island
• Pagliarola
• Pelibüey
• Perendale
• Pinzirita
• Pitt Island
• Poll Merino
• Polwarth
• Polypay
• Pomeranian Coarsewool
• Portland
• Priangan

Q

• Qashqai
• Qinghai Black Tibetan
• Qinghai Semifinewool
• Quadrella
• Quanglin Large-tail

R

• Rabo Largo
• Racka
• Rambouillet
• Rasa Aragonesa
• Red Engadine
• Red Karaman
• Rhoenschaf
• Rideau Arcott
• Romanov
• Romney
• Rouge de l'Ouest
• Rouge de Roussillon
• Rough Fell
• Royal White
• Rya
• Ryeland
• Rygja

S

• Sahel-type
• Sakiz
• Santa Cruz
• Santa Inês
• Sardinian
• Sar Planina
• Scottish Blackface
• Shetland
• Shropshire
• Sicilian Barbary
• Skudde
• Soay
• Somali
• Sopravissana
• South African Merino
• South African Mutton Merino
• South Devon
• South Dorset
• South Hampshire
• South Suffolk
• Southdown
• South Wales Mountain
• Spælsau
• Spiegel
• St. Croix (Virgin Island White)
• Steigar
• Steinschaf
• Strong Wool Merino
• Suffolk
• Sumavska
• Swaledale
• Swedish Fur Sheep
• Swiss Black-Brown Mountain
• Swiss White Alpine

T

• Targhee
• Teeswater
• Texel
• Thalli
• Tong
• Touabire
• Tsurcana
• Tunis
• Tuj
• Türkgeldi
• Tyrol Mountain

U

• Uda
• Ujumqin
• Ushant

V

• Valais Blacknose
• Van Rooy
• Vendéen

W

• Walachenschaf
• Wallis Country Sheep
• Waziri
• Weisse Hornlose Heidschnucke
• Welsh Hill Speckled Face
• Welsh Mountain
• Welsh Mountain Badger Faced
• Wensleydale
• West African Dwarf
• White Horned Heath Sheep
• White Karaman
• White Suffolk
• Whiteface Dartmoor
• Whiteface Woodland
• Wiltshire Horn

X

• Xalda
• Xaxi Ardia
• Xinjiang Finewool

Y

• Yankasa
• Yemeni
• Yemen White
• Yiecheng
• Yoroo
• Yunnan Semifinewool

Z

• Zaghawa
• Zagoria
• Zaian
• Zaïre Long-legged
• Zakynthos
• Zeeland Milk
• Zel
• Zelazna
• Zemmour
• Zeta Yellow
• Zlatusha
• Zoulay