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Merino sheep|thumb Full wool Merino sheep|thumb Merino sheep and red goats, Madrid, Spain|thumb

breed of sheep native to the Isle of Man

thumb|Dorper ram - South Africa thumb|Australian mob of white Dorpers The Dorper is a South African breed of domestic sheep developed by crossing Dorset Horn and the Blackhead Persian sheep. The breed was created through the efforts of the South African Department of Agriculture to breed a meat sheep suitable to the more arid regions of the country. It is now farmed in other areas as well, and is the second most common sheep breed in South Africa.

right|270px|thumb|A flock of Racka sheep

breed of sheep from England

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Breed of sheep originating from Shetland Islands, Scotland

fat-tailed sheep

general type of domestic sheep

domesticated breed of sheep

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The Awassi is a breed of dairy sheep of Near-Eastern fat-tailed type. It is the most widely distributed non-European dairy breed. It is known by many names, among them Arab, Baladi, Deiri, Gezirieh, Ivesi, Shami and Syrian. It is usually white with brown head and legs.

Askanian (, full name: ) is a breed of domesticated sheep found in Ukraine. It is a fine-wool breed bred for its wool. It was developed by crossing American Rambouillet with Merinos in the early 1900s.

Gotland pelt sheep

Blackheaded Somali

Somali breed of sheep

thumb|250px|Blonde and dark-faced latxa sheep in the Basque Country The Latxa (; ) is a breed of domestic sheep native to the Basque Country of Spain. Mostly contained within the provinces of Biscay, Gipuzkoa, Navarre and, Cantabria are dairy sheep whose unpasteurized milk is used to produce Idiazábal and Roncal cheeses. There are two sub-types of the breed, a dark-faced and a blonde.

Scottish Blackface

North Ronaldsay Sheep

Breed of sheep originating from the Orkney Islands, Scotland

Blackhead Persian

thumb|A two-year-old Belgian Beltex ram thumb|Beltex sheep near Great Asby The Beltex is a breed of heavily muscled domestic sheep. A portmanteau of Belgian and Texel, the name reflects the breed's origin as an offshoot of Texel sheep from The Netherlands. In the late 1980s, Belgian Texels were exported to the United Kingdom, and it was there that it was primarily refined into its modern form. It is primarily used in Europe as a terminal sire, meaning Beltex rams are prized for mating with ewes to produce lambs for meat.

Northern European short-tailed sheep

general type of domestic sheep

Valais Blacknose

The Zwartbles is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the Friesland region of the north Netherlands. There it was primarily used for the production of sheep milk as well as lamb and mutton. They were often kept alongside dairy cattle herds.

Berrichon du Cher

Leicester Longwool

On the Dehesa de Espinosilla, Palencia, Spain|thumb The Churra is an Iberian type, breed or group of breeds of sheep. The word simply means 'coarse-woolled'. The Churra originates in the Duero Valley in the autonomous community of Castile and León in north-western Spain. In the province of Zamora the milk is used to make Zamorano cheese.

The Finnish Landrace, Finn or Finnsheep is a breed of domestic sheep native to Finland. It is one of several Northern European short-tailed sheep breeds, but is notable for its high incidence of multiple births – it is common for a ewe to have three, four, or even five lambs at once.

Barbados Black Belly

Barbadian breed of sheep

right|270px|thumb|A Herdwick ewe The Herdwick is a breed of domestic sheep native to the Lake District in North West England. The name "Herdwick" is derived from the Old Norse herdvyck, meaning sheep pasture. Though low in lambing capacity and perceived wool quality when compared to more common commercial breeds, Herdwicks are prized for their robust health, their ability to live solely on forage, and their tendency to be territorial and not to stray over the difficult upland terrain of the Lake District. It is considered that up to 99% of all Herdwick sheep are commercially farmed in the cent

rare breed of sheep from St Kilda, Scotland

Pomeranian Coarsewool Sheep

Breed of domestic sheep from the island Sardinia

Basco-béarnaise

The Basco-Béarnaise or Vasca Carranzana is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the Basque country. It was developed from Basque and Béarnaise sheep during the 1960s to be a single-purpose milk breed.

right|270px|thumb|Heidschnucke in the Lüneburg Heath wildlife park, Germany The Heidschnucke is a group of three types of moorland sheep from northern Germany. Like a number of other types from Scandinavia and Great Britain, they are Northern European short-tailed sheep. The three breeds of Heidschnucke (in order of population size) are:

thumb|Tsigai Tsigai is a Romanian sheep breed.

The Corriedale is a New Zealand breed of sheep. It was bred from about 1882 in the South Island by James Little, who cross-bred Merino and Lincoln Longwool sheep. The breed was officially recognised in 1911. It has been exported to Australia and to many countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America. In 2021 it was reported from twenty-five countries, and the total population was estimated at just over .