List of Australian and New Zealand sheep breeds

This is a list of sheep breeds usually considered to originate or have developed in Australia and New Zealand.[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
Arapawa Island[3]
Australian Merino[3][4]
BLM[4]
Bond Corriedale[4]
Booroola Leicester[4]
Booroola Merino[3][4]
Borderdale[3]
Borino[4]
Broomfield Corriedale[3]
Bundoran Comeback[4]
Bungaree Merino[4]
Camden[4]
Camden Park[4]
Campbell Island[3]
Carpetmaster[4]
Chevlin[3]
Comeback[4]
Coolalee[4]
Coopworth[3][4]
Cormo[4]
Corriedale[3][4]
Dormer[4]
Drysdale[3][4]
Elliotdale[4]
Fonthill Merino[4]
Glen Vale[4]
Gromark[4]
Hampshire Down[4]
Hokonui[3]
Hyfer[4]
Mohaka[3]
New Zealand Romney[3]
Peppin Merino[4]
Perendale[3][4]
Pitt Island[3]
Poll Dorset[4]
Poll Merino[3][4]
Polwarth[4]
Romsdown[4]
Siromeat[4]
Skye Farm Romney[3]
South Australian Merino[4]
South Dorset Down[3][4]
South Down[4]
South Hampshire[3]
South Suffolk[3][4]
Tasmanian Merino[4]
Trangie Fertility[4]
Tukidale[3][4]
Waridale[4]
White Suffolk[4]
Wiltipoll[4]
Zenith[4]

References

  1. ^ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Breed data sheet: New Zealand, Sheep. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2022.
  4. ^ 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 z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Breed data sheet: Australia, Sheep. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2022.