can ay one tell me what breed of sheep is thetallest and how tall is it?

[tweenyb]

can ay one tell me what breed of sheep is thetallest and how tall is it?
many thanks x

[Rabelais]

Marco Polo Sheep

[The Reporter]

Rabelais spot on - The Afghanistan Marco Polo sheep are reported to be the largest on earth...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/0 3/0307_060307_afghanistan.html

Males are about 113cm in height and females about 100cm - about double the height of *normal* sheep....... !

[The Reporter]

Sorry, those heights are to their withers (the highest point on their backs, not the top of their heads)

[Ethel]

This is a nicer photo than just a skull

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://w ww.wildlife-art-works.com/images/Marco-Polo-Sh eep-1-framed.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.wildlife -art-works.com/marco-polo-sheep.htm&h=484&w=50 0&sz=315&tbnid=SpBtuz4YodsJ::&tbnh=126&tbnw=13 0&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmarco%2Bpolo%2Bsheep&sa=X &oi=image_result&resnum=3&ct=image&cd=1

[The Reporter]

What a beautiful animal ! Thanks Ethel - I only posted the link to verify the information I'd provided (I didn't take too much notice of the little picture of the skull).

[Abdulmajid]

Ethels looks like a goat to me.

What are the biological differences between a sheep and a goat??????

[Clanad]

Just in case the intrepid Ethel doens't return for a while, here's a few facts about the differences between sheep and goats.
For starters, biologically, sheep (Ovis Aries) have 54 chromosomes, while goats (Capra Hircus) have 60. Male goats have scent glands under their tails while sheep have glands under their eyes, but their scent glands are in their feet between the split hooves.
Goats have beards and pointed horns and the horns are located more to the top of their skulls than sheep, which grow more from the sides.
Remarkably, give tne chromosomal differences betwee the species, they can, rarely, interbreed. The hybrids are always sterile however...

[Ethel]

And here is such a geep:

http://tinyurl.com/6bga9a

:)

[Clanad]

I couldn't open Ethel's link, but here's another in case anyone else is having the same problem:

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_01/sh eepBARCROFT_468x347.jpg ...

And the full article:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-513047 /How-night-passion-sheep-goat-led-Lisa-GEEP.ht ml