sheep breed sheep originating archipelago west coast scotland surviving feral animal islands breed known raised meat wool mainly conservation grazing northern european short tailed sheep group breeds breed sheep united_kingdom breed classed category endangered fewer known exist history late eighteenth century sheep scottish highlands islands belonged type called scottish old scottish probably similar sheep kept northern western europe local variety kept main islands islands lived largest island archipelago mid eighteenth century sheep described smallest kind short coarse wool having horns usually pair pairs time sheep late nineteenth century sheep cross bred sheep replaced mainland scotland breeds descended include evacuation inhabitants sheep farmed archipelago human inhabitants evacuated sheep removed replaced live remaining sheep left feral survivors sheep surviving descendants means original sheep farmed island 1970s half dozen exported form basis breeding population mainland majority remain island characteristics confused sheep archipelago sheep called probably fact derived sheep sheep smaller sheep weighing normally black opposed white tan known names despite partially derived long tailed breed display characteristics group northern european short tailed sheep smallest sheep british isles mature weighing standing naturally short tails require docking naturally having annually older individuals easily require additional grey white body darker individuals occur similar sheep rough quality wool creation carpet rough surfaced coarse cloth typically scotland colour mix colours face legs wool free black white proportions varying individuals sexes display horns horns tend thick males curve spiral degrees mature grow especially large spiral horns crafts making shepherd horns described striking majestic farmer breed population population estimated animals male population estimated registered according rare breeds survival trust fewer sheep classed category endangered breed category breed sheep united_kingdom use farming breed primarily raised meat wool rarity raised conservation purposes raised population thought feral native conditions evolved suited conservation grazing grazing uses livestock improve biodiversity achieve nature conservation given area rare breeds survival trust believe breed developed literature book complete says good people rare breeds pets indicate breeds gaining mainstream acceptance
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