all Tail Type Traits

Sexsort descending Mean SD SE SS Trait Value Location MC
Female The tail can be 18 cm long, 16 cm wide, and weigh 6 kg Baladi, United Kingdom
Unspecified Fat-tailed and variable in length, shorter than in many other fat-tailed types. Ethiopian Highland, Abyssinian, Legagora, Ethiopia
Unspecified Large fat-tailed Ethiopian Highland, Abyssinian, Legagora, Ethiopia
Unspecified Long and thin. Arab, Ashgur, Shugor, Butana, Beja, Drashiani, Dubasi, Gash, Kababish, Watish, Baqqara, Barka (Shukria), Hamale., Sudan On Farm
Ewe Are usually docked but tail length for those that escaped docking was 31 cm. but the length of tail in males was 41 cm. Bonga, Ethiopia On Farm
Overall Unspecified-1402883451, Turkey
Overall Fat ‘S’ – shaped tail. The first lobe attached to the body is large and fatty, while the caudal vertebrae form a flexure, producing the thin end of the tail. Karagul, Turkey
Overall Bi-loaded sack of fat, and small appendage, descending to hocks - if below hocks it impedes movement. Weight up to 4 kg. Tunisian Barbarin, Tunisia
Overall Broad and flat, with the main part being divided into two along the sacral vertebrae. The tip narrows and curves upwards before curving downwards once more. In some animals the wool-less pink and skin-covered part of the tail turns slightly upwards and ca Unspecified-1402883446, Turkey
Overall Comprises three parts: the first broad and firm close to the rump, not hanging down and not tapering; the second is curved upwards and rests against the centre of the first, tapers towards the apex, which levels at the back, and shows a clean black skin a Blackhead Ogaden, Boran, Adal, Afar Blackhead,, Ethiopia