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Alpines Steinschaf
Ovis aries
A breed of Sheep, from Austria
Breed of sheep.
- Family
- Bovidae
Keeping
How it is kept
Kept for
- Meat
- Fibre
- Mature weight
- 40–55 kg
The record
Breed facts
Size
- Weight (female)
- 40–50 kgBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Weight (male)
- 50–60 kgBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Production
- Fleece weight
- 2–3 kgBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Wool fineness
- over 36 µmBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Litter size
- 150–200% lambing rateBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Daily weight gain
- 200–250 gBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Appearance
- Colours
- Brown, grey, black, whiteBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Horns
- Varies by sexBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Status
- FAO risk status
- Critical-maintainedWikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
- Germany (BLE) risk status
- Observation population (at risk)BLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Population
- 1,012 breeding females, 53 breeding males in GermanyBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Photos, videos and notes
From keepers
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Alpines Steinschaf
- Slug
- alpines-steinschaf
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Bovidae
- Genus
- Ovis
- Species
- aries
- Cultivar
- Alpines Steinschaf
- Wikidata QID
- Q1395376
- Origin country
- Austria
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 52