Photo Courtesy of Penta Springs Limited, “Pure Saxon Merino Rams Exhibited at Breslau 1869” on alamy, 2013
Metadata
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last Record
The 19th century
Place of Breeding
Germany
Extinction Reason
Crossbreeding with the Austrian Negretti to form the Australian Merino and Electoral-Negretti
References
Belanus, B. J. (1977). They lit their cigars with five dollar bills: The history of the merino sheep industry in Addison County. Middlebury, VT: National Endowment for the Humanities.
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.
