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Lonk
British breed of sheep / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lonk is a British breed of domestic sheep. It belongs to the group of black-faced hill breeds of northern England,[4]: 851 [5]: 462 and is found in the hills of the central and southern Pennines of Lancashire and Yorkshire.[6][7] It is documented from the mid-eighteenth century; a flock book was started in 1905.[8]
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Other names | Improved Haslingden |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
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Wool colour | white |
Face colour | black or mottled |
Horn status | horned in both sexes |
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