Category:Baluchi Sheep

The Baluchi originated in the area which is now southwest Pakistan, eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan.

The Baluchi sheep (also known as Baluchi dumda, Mengali, Taraki, Shinwari, Araghi, Farahani, Kermani, Khorasani, Khurasani, Naeini, Neini, and Yazdi) is a fat-tail breed, well adapted to a wide range of harsh environmental conditions in eastern Iran, one of the arid subtropical areas of the world. The fleece is white with pigmented head and legs. The wool is coarse with modulation. Body size varies between 35 and 40 kg in adult ewes, milk yield between 40 and 50 kg in a period of about 125 days and annual greasy fleece weight between 1.3 and 1.8 kg.