Devon Longwoolled

The Devon Longwoolled (Devon Longwool) is a breed of domestic sheep from the United Kingdom. The breed is raised for meat and its long wool.[1] They were developed by crossing Leicester Longwool with Southam Nott and Bampton Nott.[2]

Devon Longwool sheep at Heronslake, Devon

Characteristics

Both sexes are polled (hornless).[1] The wool is used in rugs and carpet.[2]

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References

"Devon Longwoolled". Oklahoma State University, Dept. of Animal Science. Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
"Devon and Cornwall Longwool". Schoenian, Susan. Retrieved 2010-06-21.

Livestock breeds of the British Isles

Cattle

Beef cattle	Angus Beef Shorthorn Belted Galloway Blue Grey Devon Dexter English Longhorn Galloway Hereford Highland Lincoln Red Luing Shorthorn South Devon Sussex Welsh Black
Dairy cattle	Ayrshire Guernsey Jersey Kerry Milking Shorthorn
Dual purpose	British White Gloucester Irish Moiled Glamorgan Pembroke Red Poll Shetland Whitebred Shorthorn
Primitive	Chillingham Wild Cattle Vaynol White Park
Extinct	Blue Albion

Sheep

Extant	Beulah Speckled Face Bluefaced Leicester Border Leicester British Milk Cheviot Clun Forest Cotswold Dalesbred Derbyshire Gritstone Devon Closewool Devon Longwoolled Dorset Down Dorset Horn English Leicester Exmoor Horn Galway Greyface Dartmoor Hampshire Herdwick Hill Radnor Kerry Hill Lincoln Llanwenog Lleyn Lonk Norfolk Horn Oxford Down Portland Romney Rough Fell Ryeland Scottish Blackface Shetland Shropshire Southdown sheep Suffolk Swaledale Teeswater Welsh Mountain Wensleydale Whitefaced Woodland Wiltshire Horn
Primitive	Boreray Castlemilk Moorit Hebridean Jacob Manx Loaghtan North Ronaldsay Soay
Extinct	Scottish Dunface

Pigs

Extant	Berkshire British Landrace British Lop British Saddleback Essex Gloucestershire Old Spots Large Black Large White Middle White Oxford Sandy and Black Tamworth Welsh Wessex Saddleback
Extinct	Cumberland Dorset Gold Tip Grice Large White Ulster Lincolnshire Curly Coat Small Black Small White Yorkshire Blue and White

Goats

Poultry

Chickens	Cornish Derbyshire Redcap Dorking Ixworth Marsh Daisy Modern Game Modern Langshan Norfolk Grey Old English Game Old English Pheasant Fowl Orpington Rosecomb Scots Dumpy Scots Grey Sebright Sussex
Ducks	Abacot Ranger Aylesbury Orpington Khaki Campbell Magpie Shetland Silver Appleyard Welsh Harlequin
Geese	Brecon Buff Shetland

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