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The future rebel An Lushan was nearly executed for stealing these animals, and Easter Island was for many years the private possession of a country engaged in farming these animals.(*)  These animals were the namesake of the Qara Qoyunlu and Aq Qoyunlu tribal confederations, and these animals are compared to the title "Gentlemen-Rankers" in a Rudyard Kipling poem. Tamerlane perfected many of his stratagems by working as a thief of these animals, and the biblical Isaac was bamboozled by Jacob using a product of these animals. For ten points, name these animals that outnumber people in New Zealand.
The future rebel An Lushan was nearly executed for stealing these animals, and Easter Island was for many years the private possession of a country engaged in farming these animals.
 Sheep