Country
Specie
ISO3
USA
Language
eng.
Breed classification (geographic)
Local
Specific reproductive characteristic
This breed is known for prolificacy. The animals breed all year round.
Other special qualities
These are hardy animals.
Color comments
Body color can vary from light fawn through brown to dark red. Contrasting black belly extending down the back side of the rear legs and including the underside of the tail. Facial bars commonly referred to as
Efabis main colour
badger faced
Efabis skin colour
, with black nose, lower jaw, and inside ears.
Horn shape size and comments
0
Wither height males
0
Wither height females
Polled
Weight males
78.00
Weight females
65.00
Other specific visible traits
52.2
Herdbook
41.7
Herdbook established
Medium-sized, long-legged, with tail extending to the hocks. Ram has a mane of coarse hair. Sheep of both genders are polled with no sign of any outgrowth of the horn plate.
Domestication status
y
Taxonomic classification
1997
Description of origin
domestic
Year of origin
0
Import
Compelling historical evidence that the breed originated and evolved in Barbados from crosses of African hair sheep and European wooled breeds.
Local cryo conservation status
First imported from Barbados in 1904 by U.S. Department of Agriculture
Detailed local risk status
Sufficient
Regional Transboundary Risk (detailed)
At Risk
International Transboundary Risk detailed
Critical Maintained
