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Balkhi
Ovis aries
A breed of Sheep, from Afghanistan
Sheep breed.
- Family
- Bovidae
Keeping
How it is kept
Kept for
- Meat
- Mature weight
- 49–70 kg
The record
Breed facts
Size
- Height (female)
- 74 cmWikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
- Height (male)
- 87 cmWikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
Production
- Litter size
- 1.09Wikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
Appearance
- Colours
- Black, grey, tanWikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
Status
- FAO risk status
- Not at riskWikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
Photos, videos and notes
From keepers
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Balkhi
- Slug
- balkhi
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Bovidae
- Genus
- Ovis
- Species
- aries
- Cultivar
- Balkhi
- Wikidata QID
- Q4851130
- Origin country
- Afghanistan
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 37