• Fat-Rumped Merino

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Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

The 1930s

Place of Breeding

Kyrgyzstan

Synonym

Kurdyuchnyi Merinos | Kurdyukos

Extinction Reason

Crossbreeding with the Alai to form the Kirgiz Fat-rumped

References

FAO. (1997). 2.2. RAZAS DESAPARECIDAS. Lista Mundial de Vigilancia para la Diversidad de los Animales Domésticos. (2a ÉDICIÓN). https://www.fao.org/4/V8300S/v8300s0s.htm (in French)

Fitzherbert, A. (2000, October). KYRGYZSTAN. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/agpc/doc/counprof/kyrgystan/kyrgi.htm

Loboda, N. E. (n.d.). The evolution of a new breed of sheep in the Kirghiz S.S. Republic : the fat-rumped Merino. EurekaMag Biomedical Library. http://eurekamag.com/research/013/562/013562957.php

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.