Damara sheep

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.: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. It may be solid black, brown or white, or black-and-white pied.

Damara
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk:147
  • DAD-IS (2022): at risk
Country of origin
  • Namibia
  • South Africa
StandardDamara Sheep Breeders' Society of South Africa
  • Sheep
  • Ovis aries
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