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Scottish Blackface
In the Outer Hebrides
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 147 
  • DAD-IS (2022): at risk[2]
  • RBST: UK native breeds[3]
Other names
  • Blackface
  • Lanark Blackface
  • Linton
  • Northumberland Blackface
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Usemeat
Traits
Wool colourwhite
Face colourblack, sometimes with white markings
Horn statushorned
  • Sheep
  • Ovis aries
A ram in about 1890

The Blackface or Scottish Blackface is a British breed of sheep. It is the most common sheep breed of the United Kingdom. Despite the name, it did not originate in Scotland, but south of the border.[4]: 156 

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