Sheep

Breed (Origin)
  • Description


Abyssinian (Ethiopia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Milk
Akhangaran (Uzbekistan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Aktyubin (Kazakhstan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Alai Fat-Rumped (Kyrgyzstan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Pelts, Wool
Algarve Churro (Portugal)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Algerian Arab (Algeria)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Alpago (Italy)
  • Lop-eared; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Altai (Siberia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Altai Mountain (Siberia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Altamura (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Amasya Herik (Turkey)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
American Merino (Australia)
  • ??; Use: Wool
American Rambouillet (Spain)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
American Tunis (rare) (U.S.A.)
  • ??; Use: Meat
Andalusian Churro (Spain)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Andalusian Merino (Spain)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Andi (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Arabi (Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Israel)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Aragon (Spain)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Argali (Central Asia, China, Mongolia)
  • ??; Use: ??
Askanian (Ukraine)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Aure-Campan (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Ausimi (Egypt)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Australian Merino (Australia)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Avranchin (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Awassi (Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Israel)
  • Black face; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Azerbaijan Mountain Merino (Azerbaijan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Azov Tsigai (Ukraine)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Badano (Portugal)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Balbas (Armenia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Barbados Blackbelly (Barbados)
  • Dark brown to red to tan, with black markings; Use: Wool
Balkhai (Afghanistan, Pakistan)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Dairy
Bardoka (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Barki (Egypt)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Basque (France)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Beira Baixa (Portugal)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Wool
Bellary (India)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Meat
Beni Guil (Algeria, Morocco)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Berber (Morocco)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Bergamo (Italy)
  • Lop-eared; Use: Meat, Wool
Berrichon (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Beskaragai Merino (Kazakhstan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Bhadarwah (India)
  • ??; Use: Pack, Wool
Bhakarwal (India)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Meat
Biangi (India, Tibet)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Bibrik (Pakistan)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Meat
Biella (rare) (Italy)
  • Lop-eared; Use: Meat, Wool
Bikaneri (India)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool
Bizet (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Black Merino (Portugal)
  • Black; Use: Wool
Black Welsh Mountain (Wales)
  • Black; Use: Wool
Black-brown Mountain (Switzerland)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Blackface Highland: See -- Scottish Blackface
Blackhead Persion (South Africa)
  • ??; Use: Meat
Blanc du Massif Central (France)
  • White; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Bluefaced Leicester (United Kingdom)
  • White; Use: Longwool fleeces
Booroola Merino (Australia)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Border Cheviot (England, Scotland)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Border Leicester: See -- Bluefaced Leicester
Bosnian Mountain (Bosnia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Boulonnais (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Bozakh (Armenia, Azerbaijan)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Bragança Galician (Portugal)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Brazilian Woolless (Brazil)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat
Briga (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
British Oldenburg (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
British Texel (Netherlands)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Brownheaded Mutton (Switzerland)
  • Brown head; Use: Meat, Wool
Bünder Oberland (Switzerland)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Buryat (Siberia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Calabrian (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Wool
California Red (California, USA)
  • Reddish-brown; Use: Meat, Wool
California Variegated Mutant (USA)
  • White to grey to black, with spots; Use: Long fleece
Cambridge (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Campanian Barbary (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Campaniça (Portugal)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Canadian Corriedale (Canada)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Cape Native (South Africa)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Carapelle (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Carinthian (Austria)
  • Lop-eared; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Carpathian Mountain (Ukraine)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Cascia (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Casetino (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Castilian (Spain)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Caucasian (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Caucasian Fat-tailed (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Central Pyrenean (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Chaglinsk Merino (Kazakhstan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Chanothar (India)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Dairy
Chapan (Kyrgyzstan)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Meat
Charmoise (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Cher Berrichon (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Cheviot (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Chevkasy (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Chiana (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Chieti (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Chinese Fat-tailed (China)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Dairy, Meat
Chios (Greece, Turkey)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Chita (Mongolia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Chowpei (China)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool
Chuisk (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Chuntuk (Ukraine)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Churro do Campo (Portugal)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Clun Forest (United Kingdom)
  • Black face; Use: Wool
Colbred (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Columbia (U.S.A.)
  • White; Use: Meat, Wool
Comeback (Australia)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Comiso (Sicily)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Common Albanian (Albania)
  • Small; Use: Dairy, Wool
Coopworth (New Zealand)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Cormo (Tasmania)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Corniglio (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Corriedale (Australia, New Zealand)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Corsica (Corsica)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Cotentin (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Cotswold (United Kingdom)
  • White to silvery grey; Use: Meat, Wool
Crioulo (Brazil)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Cyprus Fat-tailed (Cyprus)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Dagestan Mountain (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Dagliç (Turkey)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Dairy
Dala (Norway)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Dales-Bred (United Kingdom)
  • Black face; Use: Wool
Dalmatian-Karst (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Damari (Pakistan)
  • Dairy, Wool; Use: Meat, Wool
Dartmoor (United Kingdom)
  • Black face; Use: Wool
Darvaz (Tajikistan)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Meat
Darvaz Mountain (Tajikistan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Deccani (India)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Meat
Degeres (Kazakhstan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Debouillet (New Mexico, USA)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Delaine Merino (Spain)
  • Some folds; Use: Crossbreeding, Fleece
Devon Closewool (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Devon Longwoolled (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Dishley Merino (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Dorper (South Africa)
  • Solid white; Use: Hair rather than wool, Meat
Dorset (England)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Dorset Down (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Dorset Horn (England)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Doukkala (Morocco)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Down: See -- Hampshire
Dumari (India, Pakistan)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Meat
Dub (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Duprovnik (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Wool
East Friesian (Germany)
  • ??; Use: Crossbreeding, Meat, Milk for cheese
Edilbaev (Kazakhstan)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Meat
Entre Minho e Douro (Portugal)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Estonian Darkheaded (Estonia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Estonian Whiteheaded (Estonia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Evdilon (Greece)
  • ??; Use: Dairy
Exmoor Horn (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Faeroes (Faeroes)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Falkland (Falkland Islands)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Farahani (Iran)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool
Fat-tailed (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Finn Sheep (Finland)
  • Usually white; Use: Crossbreeding, Fleece, Meat
Finnish Landrace: See -- Finn Sheep
Fonte-Bôa Merino (Portugal)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Frabosa (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
French Alpine (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
French Blackheaded (France)
  • Black head; Use: Meat, Wool
Friesian (Netherlands)
  • ??; Use: Dairy
Friuli (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Fulani (Senegal to Cameroun)
  • ??; Use: Meat
Gala (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Garessio (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Garfagnana (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat
Georgian Finewool Fat-tailed (Georgia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Georgian Semi-finewool (Geogria)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
German Blackheaded Mutton (Germany)
  • Black head; Use: Meat, Wool
German Heath (Germany)
  • ??; Use: Wool
German Improved Land (Germany)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
German Mutton Merino (Germany)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
German Whiteheaded Mutton (Germany)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Ghimi (Libya)
  • ??; Use: Meat
Gorki (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Greek Mountain Zackel (Greece)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Greek Zackel (Greece)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Gujarati (India)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Dairy
Gulf Coast Native (USA)
  • White, or brown, or black, or spotted; Use: ??
Gurez (Kashmir)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Wool
Hampshire (England)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Han-yang (China)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Harnai: See -- Damari
Hashtnagri (Afghanistan, Pakistan)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Dairy, Meat
Hassan (India)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool
Hei (China)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool
Herdwick (United Kingdom)
  • Black face; Use: Wool
Hereford (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Hetian-yang (China)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Meat, Pelt
Hexham Leicester: See -- Bluefaced Leicester
Hejazi (Arabia)
  • ??; Use: Meat
Hissar (Tajikistan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Hissar Dale (India)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Hog Island (Virginia, USA)
  • Black, or white; Use: Wool
Hu-yang (China)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Pelt
Hungarian Combing Wol Merino (Hungary)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Wool
Hungarian Mutton Merino (Hungary)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Icelandic (Iceland)
  • Various colours; Double coated; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Ile de France: See -- Dishley Merino
Indre berrichon (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Iraqi Kurdu (Iraq)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Island Pramenka (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Istrian Milk (Croatia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Jacob Sheep (England)
  • Speckled; Use: Wool
Jaffna (Sri Lanka)
  • ??; Use: Meat
Jalauni (India)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Meat
Kaghani (Pakistan)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Wool
Kalaku (Iran)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Kalinin (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Kamakuyruk (Turkey)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Kandahari (Afghanistan)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool
Kara-Kalpak (Uzbekistan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Karabakh (Azerbaijan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Karagouniko (Greece)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Karakachan (Macedonia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Karakul (Central Russia)
  • Black, lighter when older; Use: Fat for soap and candles, Fleece, Meat
Karayaka (Turkey)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Kargalin (Kazakhstan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Karnah (Kashmir, Pakistan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Karnobat (Bulgaria)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Wool
Katafigion (Greece)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Katahdin (Maine, USA)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Kathiawari: See -- Gujarati
Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Kazakh Arkhar-Merino (Kazakhstan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Kent (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Kermani (Iran)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Khurasani (Iran, Pakistan)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Kimi (Greece)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Kivircik (Greece, Turkey)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Kizil-Karaman (Turkey)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Daiey, Meat
Kosovo (Siberia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Krivovir (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Kuche (China)
  • ??; Use: Pelt, Wool
Kuchugury (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Kuibyshev (Russia)
  • White; Use: Meat, Wool
Kuka (Pakistan)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Dairy
Lacaune (France)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Lacho (Spain)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Wool
Lamon (Italy)
  • Lop-eared; Use: Meat, Wool
Landes (rare) (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Langhe (Italy)
  • Lop-eared; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Latvian Darkheaded (Latvia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Lecce (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Leicester (England)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Leicester Shorthorn: See -- Leicester
Leine (Germany)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Leominster: See -- Hereford
Lezgian (Azerbaijan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Libyan Barbary (Libya)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Lika (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Limousin (France)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Lincoln Longwools (England)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Lipe (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Liski (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Lithuanian Blackheaded (Lithuania)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Lohi (India, Pakistan)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Longwool Leicester: See -- Bluefaced Leicester
Lot Causses (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Lourdes (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Lowicz (Poland)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Luan (China)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool
Luma (Allbania)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Macina (Mali, Niger)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Madagascar (Madagascar)
  • ??; Use: Meat
Maltese (Malta)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Mancha (Spain)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Mandya (India)
  • ??; Use: Meat
Manech (France)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Masai (East Africa)
  • ??; Use: Meat
Massa (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Maure (West Africa)
  • ??; Use: Meat
Mazekh (Armenia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Mikhnov (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Meat
Miranda Galician (Portugal)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Mondego (Portugal)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Mongolian: See -- Chinese Fat-tailed
Montadale (Missouri, USA)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Monte-Video Merino (South America)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Mytilene (Greece)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Namaqua Africander (Namibia, South Africa)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Navajo (USA)
  • Double coated; Use: Meat, Wool
Nejdi (Arabia)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool
Nellore (India)
  • ??; Use: Meat
New Leicester: See -- Leicester
New Zealand Halfbred (New Zealand)
  • ??; Use: Wool
New Zealand Merino (New Zealand)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Ningsia Black Sheep: See -- Hei
Niznedevitsk (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
North Caucasus (Russia)
  • White; Use: Meat, Wool
North Country Cheviot (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
North East China Merino (China)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
North West China Merino (China)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Northern Sudanese (Eritrea, Sudan)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat
Old Norwegian (rare) (Norway)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Oldenburg: See -- German Whiteheaded Merino
Omsk (Siberia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Oparino (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Ovce Polje (Macedonia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Ovis Vignei (Afghanistan, Kashmir, Pakistan, Turkmenistan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Oxford (England)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Paduan (Italy)
  • Lop-eared; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Pag Island (Croatia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Wool
Pagliarola (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Pälsfår (Sweden)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Panama (Idaho, USA)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Perendale (New Zealand)
  • White; Use: Wool
Perugian Lowland (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Pirlak: See -- Kamakuyruk
Pirot (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Piva (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Pleven Blackhead (Bulgaria)
  • Black head; Use: Dairy, Wool
Polish Heath (Poland)
  • ??; Use: Pelt, Wool
Polish Zackel (Poland)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Pelt, Wool
Polwarth (Australia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Polypay (Idaho, USA)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Pomeranian (Poland)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Portuguese Merino (Portugal)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Préalpes du Sud (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Priazov-Tsigai (Ukraine)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Privor (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Puntas (Chile)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Racka (Hungary)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Rahmani (Egypt)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Rakhshani (Pakistan)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Rambouillet (France)
  • ??; Use: Crossbreeding, Meat, Wool
Rhodes (Greece)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Rhön (Germany)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Red Karaman (Turkey)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Rila Monastery (Bulgaria)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Wool
Romanov (Northern Europe)
  • ??; Use: Wool pelts
Romeldale (California, USA)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Romney (England)
  • ??; Use: Long wool, Meat
Ronderib Africander (South Affrica)
  • ??; Use: Meat
Roumloukion (Greece)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Ruda: See -- Luma
Russian Précoce (Siberia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Russian Lincoln (United Kingdom)
  • White; Use: Meat, Wool
Russian Long-tailed (Russia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Rygja (Norway)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Saidi (Egypt)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
St. Croix (Virgin Islands)
  • ??; Use: Hair
Saloia (Portugal)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Sambuco (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Sanabawi (Egypt)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Santa Cruz (Channel Islands)
  • White, or black, or brown, or spotted; Use: Wool
Sar Planina (Macedonia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Sardinian (Sardinia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Savoy (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Scottish Blackface (United Kingdom)
  • White, with black face; Use: Meat, Wool
Segura (Spain)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Serra de Estrêla (Portugal)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Serrai (Macedonia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Sfakia (Crete)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Shetland (Scotland)
  • ??; Use: Wool used for traditional wedding shawls
Shkodra (Albania)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Showyang (China)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool
Shropshire (England)
  • ??; Use: Lamb meat
Shumen (Bulgaria)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Sicilian (Sicily)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Dairy, Meat
Sicilian Barbary (Sicily)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Sidi Tabet Cross (Tunisia)
  • Black; Use: Wool
Siena (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Sikkim (India)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Sinkiang Finewool (China)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Sitia (Crete)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Sjenica (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Skopelos (rare) (Greece)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Solcava (Slovenia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Sologne (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Somali (East Africa)
  • Black head; Use: Meat
Sopravissana (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
South Devon (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Southdown (England)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Southern Cheviot: See -- Border Cheviot
Soviet Corriedale: See -- Corriedale
Spanish Churro (Spain)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Spanish Merino (Spain)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Steinschaf (Austria)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Stogos (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Suffolk (England)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Sumava (Czech Republic)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Svishtov (Bulgaria)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Svrljig (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Swaledale (United Kingdom)
  • Grey, with black face; Use: Crossbreeding
Swedish Landrace (Sweden)
  • ??; Use: Crossbreeding, Meat, Wool
Swiniarka (Poland)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Wool
Swiss Black-brown Mountain: See -- Black-brown Mountain
Swiss Brownheaded Mutton: See -- Brownheaded Mutton
Swiss White Alpine (Switzerland)
  • White; Use: Meat, Wool
Swiss White Mountain (Switzerland)
  • White; Lop-eared; Use: Meat, Wool
Tadla (Morocco)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Tadmit (Algeria, Tunisia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Talavera (Spain)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Tanganyika Long-tailed (Tanzania)
  • ??; Use: Meat
Tarascon (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Targhee (USA)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Taro (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Tasmanian Fine Merino (Australia)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Taureg (Sahara)
  • ??; Use: Meat
Thibar (Tunisia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Thônes-Marthod (France)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Tswana (Botswana, Zimbabwe)
  • ??; Use: ??
Tunisian Barbary (Tunisia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Taiku (China)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool
Tan-yang (China)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Pelt, Wool
Tanganyika Short-tailed: See -- Masai
Targhee (Idaho, USA)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Teeswater (United Kingdom)
  • Grey; Use: Crossbreeding, Meat, Wool
Telengit (Siberia)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Texel (Denmark, Finland, Netherlands)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Thal (India, Pakistan)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool, Meat
Tibetan (China)
  • ??; Use: Carpet wool
Tirahi (Pakistan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Tsigai (Southeast Europe)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Tuj (Turkey)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Tung-yang (China)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Tunis (USA)
  • Reddish, later white; Use: Wool
Turcana (Romania)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Wool
Turkish Merino (Turkey)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Tyrol Mountains (Austria)
  • Lop-eared; Use: Meat, Wool
Urial: See -- Ovis Vignei
Upper Visso: See -- Sopravissana
Valachian (Slovakia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Valois Blacknose (Switzerland)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Varese (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Varzi (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Velay Black (France)
  • Black; Use: Meat, Wool
Vicanere: See -- Bikaneri
Vicenza (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Victorian Merino (Australia)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Visso (Italy)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Vojvodina Merino (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Voloshian (Russia, Ukraine)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Vyatka (Russia)
  • White; Use: Meat, Wool
Waziri (Pakistan)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Wensleydale (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
West Australian Merino (Australia)
  • ??; Use: Wool
White Dorper (South Africa)
  • White; Use: Meat
White Karaman (Turkey)
  • White; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
White Klementina (Bulgaria)
  • White; Use: Dairy, Wool
White South Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
  • White; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Whitefaced Dartmoor (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Wool
Wiltshire Horn (United Kingdom)
  • ??; Use: Hair, Wool
Wilstermarsch (Germany)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Württemberg Mereino (Germany)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Zackel (Southeast Europe)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Zante (Greece)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool
Zemmour (Morocco)
  • ??; Use: Meat, Wool
Zeta Yellow (Yugoslavia)
  • ??; Use: Dairy, Meat, Wool