MODERN SHEEP I BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 1 5 



left untllled and used almost exclusively for ' sheep pastures. It 

 is generally believed that at one time all the sheep of this part 

 of the country were horned. 



Linnaeus classifies the sheep breeds as: Hornless, horned, 

 black-faced, many-horned, Spanish, African, Guinea, broad-tailed, 

 fat-rumped, Bucharian, long-tailed, cap-bearded and Bovant. 



Professor Archer classes the sheep of the world into thirty- 

 two distinct divisions, viz.: 



I. EUROPEAN SHEEP. 



I. Honiah, or Black-faced sheep of Tibet. 

 II. The common sheep (Ovis Rusticus). 

 III. The Cretan sheep (Ovis Strepsiceros). 



II. ASIATIC SHEEP. 



I. Honiah, or Black-faced sheep of Tibet. 



II. Cago, or tame sheep of Kabul (Ovis Cagia). 

 III. Nepal sheep (Ovis Selingia). 



IV. Carumbai, or Mysore sheep. 



V. Garor, or Indian sheep. 



VI. Dakhun, or Deccan sheep. 



VII. Morvan de la Chine (Chinese sheep). 



VIII. Shayambilar, or Mysores. 



IX. Broad-tailed Sheep (Ovis Laticandatus). 



X. The Pucha, or Hindustan Dumla sheep. 



XI. Tartary sheep. 



XII. Javanese sheep. 



XIII. Barwal Sheep (Ovis Barwal). 



XIV. The Short-tailed sheep of Northern Russia. 



III. AFRICAN SHEEP. 



I. The Smooth-haired sheep (Ovis Ethiopia). 



II. The African sheep (Ovis Guienses). 



III. The Guinea sheep. 



IV. The Zeylan sheep. 

 V. The Fezzan sheep. 



VI. The Congo sheep (Ovis Aries Congensio). 



VII. The Angola sheep (Ovis Aries Angolensis). 



VIII. The Yenu or Goitered Sheep (Ovis Aries Stealiniora) . 



IX. The Madagascar sheep. 



X. The Bearded sheep of West Africa. 



XI. The Morocco sheep (Ovis Aries Numada). 



IV. AMERICAN SHEEP. 



I. The West India sheep, found in Jamaica. 

 II. The Brazilian sheep. 



