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Karakul
Ovis aries
A breed of Sheep
Sheep breed.
- Family
- Bovidae
Keeping
How it is kept
Kept for
- Fibre
The record
Breed facts
Size
- Weight (female)
- 40–50 kgBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Weight (male)
- 40–50 kgBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Production
- Fleece weight
- 3–4 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
- under 130% 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
- Horns
- Varies by sexBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Status
- FAO risk status
- Not at riskWikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
- Population
- 392 breeding females, 73 breeding males in GermanyBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Photos, videos and notes
From keepers
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- Name
- Karakul
- Slug
- karakul
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Bovidae
- Genus
- Ovis
- Species
- aries
- Cultivar
- Karakul
- Wikidata QID
- Q328230
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48