2i8 THE SHEEP AND ITS COUSINS 



ance appears to be recorded with regard to this 

 breed. 



A very characteristic African type is the long- 

 legged sheep, to which the French naturalist 

 Desmarest gave the name Ovis aries longipes, 

 although it was subsequently raised by Fitzinger^ 

 to the rank of a distinct species, with a number 

 of local breeds, such as the Guinea, Congo, and 



Skull and Horns of a Fezzan Long-legged Ram, from Morocco. 



Fezzan sheep. In general appearance, as well as 

 in many details of form, these sheep are exceedingly 

 like some of the lop-eared breeds of goats. The 

 distinctive features of the more typical breeds are 

 to be found in the long, broad, pendent ears, 

 closely applied to the sides of the head ; the great 

 length of the limbs and the large bodily size ; the 

 moderately long tail, which reaches about to the 



* Ofi. cii., p. 203. 



