Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

1929

Place of Breeding

Norwich, England

Synonym

English Merino

Extinction Reason

Crossbreeding with the Ryeland

References

Chambers, W., & Chambers, R. (Eds.). (1884). Chambers’s Information for the People (Vol. 1). Edinburgh, UK: W. & R. Chambers.

Fæ. (2014, November 2). File:Three anglo-merino sheep in an open stall. Etching, ca 1839. Wellcome V0021685.jpg. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three_anglo-merino_sheep_in_an_open_stall._Etching,_ca_1839._Wellcome_V0021685.jpg

History of the Ryeland Sheep in Australia. Peartree Ryeland Sheep Stud. (n.d.). http://www.ryelandsheep.com/history.html

Porter, V., & Mason, I. L. (2002). Mason’s World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties (5th ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Publishing.

Porter, V., Alderson, L., Hall, S. J. G., & Sponenberg, D. P. (2016). Mason’s World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding: 2 Volume Pack (1st ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI.

Trimmer, J. K. (1828). NO. I. ANGLO-MERINO SHEEP. Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, 47, 3–13. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41327101

Woods, R. J. H. (2013). (thesis). The Herds Shot Round the World: Native Breeds and the British Empire, 1800-1900. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved from https://books.google.ca/books?id=eGIMAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Anglo-Merino+%22+extinct+sheep&source=gbs_navlinks_s.