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Usually present in males, variable in length but generally short, ribbed and spiralled; usually absent in females. |
Ethiopian Highland, Abyssinian, Legagora, Ethiopia |
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Ewe |
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Ewes are generally hornless (only 1 – 2% are horned) |
Unspecified-1402883446, Turkey |
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Both sexes are furnished with homonymously twisted horns, commonly projecting horizontally outwards. |
Sudan Desert., Sudan |
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The horns are short, moderately thick at the base but quickly becoming thin as the horns project outwards and upwards. |
Unspecified-1402883385, Nigeria |
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Are medium size curving upwards and forwards or may be crescent shaped, some longhorned animals are found. |
Unspecified-1402883383, Madagascar |
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Are polled, some have small rudimentary horns. |
Unspecified-1402883449, Turkey |
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Present or absent in both sexes: males flattened in cross-section, directed backwards with little lateral tendency; females finer and scimitar-shaped, some females have only scurs. |
Bantu, Matabeleland., Zimbabwe |
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Males have curved (47%) and straight (41%) horns mainly pointing backwards (58%) with some pointed straight upwards (28%). Polled goats were 6% in both sexes. |
Arsis, Gishe, Sidama, Manta, Awarch, Ethiopia |
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Medium size, thicker in the male than the female and round in cross-section. They curved upwards, outwards and forwards and may be crescent or lyre-shaped. Some animals are hornless and are known as Bory; lose horns also occur. |
Unspecified-1402883383, Madagascar |
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Males have either no horns or have two laterally projecting horns but females are hornless. |
Unspecified-1402883399, Eritrea |
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