List of North American sheep breeds

This is a list of sheep breeds usually considered to originate in Canada and the United States.^[1]^[2] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.

Name	Notes	Conservation status	Image
American Jacob^[1]
Agnis		FAO (2007): no data^[3]^: 125
American Karakul^[1]
American Merino		FAO (2007): no data^[3]^: 126
American Tunis^[1]
Ancon		FAO (2007): extinct^[3]^: 126
Bell Multi-nippled^[3]^: 16		FAO (2007): extinct^[3]^: 16
California Red		FAO (2007): no data^[3]^: 126
California Variegated Mutant		FAO (2007): no data^[3]^: 126
Canadian Arcott^[4]		FAO (2007): endangered^[3]^: 16
Canadian Corriedale^[4]		FAO (2007): endangered^[3]^: 16
Columbia Columbia-Southdale		FAO (2007): no data^[3]^: 126
Debouillet		FAO (2007): no data^[3]^: 126
Delaine Merino
DLS^[4]		FAO (2007): endangered^[3]^: 16
Gulf Coast Native
Hawaiian Black Buck		FAO (2007): no data^[3]^: 126
Hog Island		FAO (2007): critical^[3]^: 126
Imperial		FAO (2007): extinct^[3]^: 126
Katahdin
Louisiana Native		FAO (2007): no data^[3]^: 126
Montadale
Navajo-Churro
Newfoundland^[4]		FAO (2007): critical^[3]^: 16
Outaouais Arcott		FAO (2007): endangered^[3]^: 16
Panama		FAO (2007): no data^[3]^: 126
Polled Dorset
Polypay
Rideau Arcott^[4]		FAO (2007): endangered^[3]^: 16
Romeldale		FAO (2007): no data^[3]^: 126
Romnelet^[4]		FAO (2007): no data^[3]^: 16
St. Croix
Santa Cruz
Stone's Sheep^[3]^: 16		FAO (2007): no data^[3]^: 16
Targhee
Warhill^[2]
Willamette^[2]		FAO (2007): no data^[3]^: 126

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Conservation Priority List: Sheep. The Livestock Conservancy. Accessed July 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Breed data sheet: United States of America: Sheep. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Breed data sheet: Canada: Sheep. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2022.

[albc-1] Conservation Priority List: Sheep. The Livestock Conservancy. Accessed July 2022.

[dad-2] Breed data sheet: United States of America: Sheep. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2022.

[barb-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.

[dad2-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Breed data sheet: Canada: Sheep. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2022.

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