List of French sheep breeds

This is a list of some of the breeds of sheep considered in France to be wholly or partly of French origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively French.

Extinct breeds

  • Alfort[2]:41
  • Ardes[2]:41[1]
  • Artois[2]:41
  • Boischaut[2]:41
  • Brenne[2]:41
  • Cambrai[2]:41
  • Campan[2]:41
  • Cauchois[2]:41
  • Caussenard de la Lozère[2]:41
  • Champagne[2]:41
  • Châtillonais[2]:41
  • Choletais[2]:41
  • Corbières[2]:41
  • Crevant[2]:41
  • Franconie[2]:41
  • Gascon[2]:41
  • Larzac[2]:41
  • Lauraguais[2]:41
  • Maine à Tête Blanche[2]:41
  • Marchois[2]:41
  • Mérinos Champenois[2]:41
  • Mérinos de la Camargue[2]:41
  • Mérinos de Mauchamp[2]:41
  • Mérinos du Naz[2]:41
  • Morvandelle[2]:41
  • Moutons à Tête Noire[2]:41
  • Picard[2]:41
  • Roussillon Merino[2]:41
  • Ruthenois[2]:41
  • Ségala[2]:41
  • Soissonais[2]:41
  • St. Quentin[2]:41
  • Trun[2]:41

References

  1. Breed data sheet: France / Sheep. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2021.
  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.
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