Damara sheep

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| country = {{ubl|Namibia|South Africa}}

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| standard = [https://web.archive.org/web/20210518223826/https://damarasheep.co.za/?page_id=10 Damara Sheep Breeders' Society of South Africa]

| type = Fat-tailed

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The Damara is a Namibian breed of fat-tailed hair sheep, also found in South Africa. The name derives from that of the Damara region of northern Namibia where it is principally found, particularly in the Kaokoveld Desert.{{r|dsbsa|cabi|p=794}} Together with the Namaqua Afrikaner and the Ronderib Afrikaner, it is one of three breeds in the Afrikaner group of sheep that were already in southern Africa before the arrival of colonists, and which forms part of the broader African Long-fat-tailed sheep grouping.{{r|cabi}} It may be solid black, brown or white, or black-and-white pied.{{r|dad}}

References

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Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20200623201209/http://www.fao.org/3/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources], annex to [https://web.archive.org/web/20170110125634/http://www.fao.org/3/a-a1250e.pdf 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.

Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). [https://books.google.it/books?id=2UEJDAAAQBAJ&hl=en Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding] (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. {{ISBN|9781780647944}}.

[https://dadis-breed-datasheet-ext-ws.firebaseapp.com/?country=NAM&specie=Sheep&breed=Damara&lang=en Breed data sheet: Damara / Namibia (Sheep)]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2022.

[https://dadis-breed-datasheet-ext-ws.firebaseapp.com/?country=ZAF&specie=Sheep&breed=Damara&lang=en Breed data sheet: Damara / South Africa (Sheep)]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2022.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20210519003518/https://damarasheep.co.za/?page_id=14 Breed History]. Damara Sheep Breeders' Society of South Africa. Accessed March 2022.

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Category:Sheep breeds

Category:Sheep breeds originating in South Africa