Photograph from the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1911
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| Conservation status | extinct |
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| Other names | Devon Longwoolled |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Distribution | northern Devon, southern Somerset |
| Type | upland |
| Use | wool |
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| Face colour | white |
| Horn status | polled (hornless) |
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The Devon Longwool was a British breedofdomestic sheep from south-west England. It was distributed in southern Somerset and northern Devon, and was – like the Greyface Dartmoor and the South Devon – a polled longwool sheep.[1]: 797 It is now considered extinct,[2]: 120 [3] as in 1977 it was merged with the South Devon to form the Devon and Cornwall Longwool.[1]: 797 [4]
Abreed society, the Devon Longwool Sheep Breed Society, was formed in 1898. A flock book was begun in 1900.[1]: 797
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