Metadata

Conservation Status

Not extinct

Place of Breeding

Lemnos, Greece

Synonym

Limnos

References

Kominakis, A., Tarsani, E., Hager-Theodorides, A. L., Mastranestasis, I., & Hadjigeorgiou, I. (2021). Clustering patterns mirror the geographical distribution and genetic history of Lemnos and Lesvos sheep populations. PLOS ONE, 16(3), 11–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247787

Sheep Breeds EXTINCT SHEEP BREEDS. Amalthia. (2025). https://www.amalthia.org/en/breeds/sheep/252-extinct-breeds

TARSANI, E., KOMINAKIS, A., & HADJIGEORGIOU, I. (Eds.). (2020). GENETIC DIVERSITY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF THE SHEEP OF LEMNOS, LESVOS AND AGIOS EFSTRATIOS ISLANDS. Terra Lemnia Project, 1–13. https://med-ina.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Terra-Lemnia-Local-Breeds-EN.pdf