Country
Specie
ISO3
IRQ
Language
Arabic
Description
Refer to the land of Najed in Saudi Arabia.
Transboundary name
Najdi
Other name
Arabian Long-Tailed, Bedouin, Agnam Al-Rasoul
Breed classification (adaptedness)
Locally adapted
Breed classification (geographic)
Regional
Adaptability to specific environment
These animals are highly suited to live under desert conditions.
Other special qualities
This breed tolerates deficiency of drinking water and drought. Some trials were done on Najdi in central Iraq but these failed indicating that this breed is most suited to desert conditions.
Color comments
uni coloured: usually black with white head or black with white rings around the legs and white spots on legs and tail
Number of horns males
0
Number of horns females
0
Horn shape size and comments
males are polled or scurs
Wither height males
96
Wither height females
84
Weight males
62.00
Weight females
46.00
Other specific visible traits
long fat tail extending beyond the hock, long and dropping ears, straight heir mostly white in the face and the body black. Face shape convex.
Domestication status
domestic
Taxonomic classification
Breed
Description of origin
originated in Najd Plateau
Location within country
along the border to Saudi Arabia
Local cryo conservation status
No Material
Local Risk
Unknown
Detailed local risk status
Unknown
Regional Transboundary Risk (detailed)
Unknown
