Posts Tagged ‘China’
Wuzhishan
Description: The Wuzhishan breed is very quickly being forced out of existence. They are a local breed raised only in the province of Hainan, China. This area is a geographically isolated tropical mountainous region. Very few people in this region raise this breed for production purposes because of the fast introduction of exotic species. Special attention is needed in order to preserve this rare species. Read the rest of this entry »
Ujumqin
Description: The Ujumqin, a larger version of the Mongolian, is found in Inner Mongolia, China. It has a fat tail 28 cm long by 36 cm wide in the male, and 22 cm long by 28 cm wide in the female. When dressed, the tail fat weighs 2 kg or more. These sheep have a type of coarse wool commonly called “carpet wool”. They are adapted to the unfavourable local environmantal conditions of the North and Northwest Pastoral Grasslands. The Ujumqin have the ability to deposit fat in the tail (fat-tail sheep). Wool production is low, with an annual grease fleece weight of only about 1 kg. Read the rest of this entry »