File talk:Marco polo sheep anatomy.jpg

Not Marco Polo sheep

Following comment copied from English WP, Talk:Marco Polo sheep#Two pics uploaded: Notwithstanding what the German source may have said, [this] pic is not a Marco Polo sheep, but a domesticated one. Apart from just "looking" domesticated, and having the proportions of a domesticated sheep, it does not have horns, which Marco Polo sheep do in both rams and ewes. In fact all wild sheep have horns, apart from some female mouflon. The only "wild" characteristic of this picture is the short tail – most domestic sheep have a long one, docked or not. I think this is artistic licence, as the conformation does not really fit the only short-tailed sheep types I know, the Northern European short-tailed sheep group of breeds. Possibly a Romanov though? Richard New Forest (talk) 12:18, 22 July 2009 (UTC)