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Sheep are members of the family Bovidae in the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed, hoofed mammals. Sheep were possibly the first animals to be...



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Examples of prominent breeds of sheep. (a) Rambouillet ram (Sheep and Goat Raiser). (b) Dorset ram (Continental Dorset Club). (c) Hampshire ram. (d) Southdown ram (Southdown Association). (e) Suffolk ewe and ram (photograph by A. L. Henley). (f) Columbia ram (photograph by A. Sponagel). (g) Targhee ram (Cook and Gormley). (h) Finnsheep ewe and lamb (U.S. Department of Agriculture).
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