all Horn Description Traits

Sex Mean SD SE SS Trait Value Location MC
Overall The horns, which are not thick, are small to medium in length, projecting outward, upwards and slightly forwards. Peuhl, Foulbé , Cameroon
Male Present in males and loosely spiralled. Peul, Peulh, Peul-Peul, Foulbe, Fulbe, Bornu, Sambourou, , Senegal
Overall The horns, which in profile usually appear set behind the face, are long and slender; they project laterally with a downward and backward sweep and in the mature animal are characteristically twisted. In cross section they are oval. Unspecified-1402883390, South Africa
Overall In both sexes: erect or pointing slightly backwards in males, half to full twist, up to 45 cm in length, flattish in cross-section and slightly ribbed; light and scimitar shaped in females although asymmetrical and deformed horns not uncommon, round to ov Unspecified-1402883398, Ethiopia
Female Horns are bent backwards, having a crescent shape. Lebanese Jabali, Western Sahara
Overall Present in both sexes, medium sized lateral or back-sweeping, tend to be slightly twisted in the male. Sudanese Nubian, Shukria, Sciucria, Sudan On Farm
Overall Comparatively short. Unspecified-1402883383, Zambia
Overall Present in 96 percent of both sexes but 31 per cent have rudimentary horns or scurs; heavier in males than females but grow upwards and backwards in both sexes. Mozambique (Landim=Landrace in Portuguese); Small East African., Mozambique
Ewe Usually hornless, though some 3-5% do have horns. Unspecified-1402883500, Turkey
Overall Medium to large. Unspecified-1402883390, Ethiopia On Station