all Tail Type Traits

Sex Mean SD SE SS Trait Value Locationsort descending MC
Overall Thin and long to below hocks. Futake, Banamba, Fulani, Mali
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 Ending in an ‘S’-shape. However the tail is large reaching weights of 9 -10 kg if the animal weighs more than 65kg. Kizil (reddish), Karaman and Kara Koyun ( black sheep), Turkey
Overall Very thin, long and falling to or below hocks. Landoum, White Maure, White Arab, Senegal
Overall May frequently be found as: medium or long carrot type fat tail, medium or long fat tail with upturned terminal part, medium or long fat tail folded in the middle with the terminal thin tip bent down wards, flagging fat tail, broad in the upper part, tape Masai, Kipsigis, Luo, Nandi, Samburu, Kenya On Station
Overall Fat, round medium sized and short, reaching only to the hocks. Naami, Shefali, Turkmenistan
Overall Fat-tailed, long and tapering, generally almost reaching fetlocks but very variable in length and shape. Rhodesian (obsolete synonym), Zimbabwe
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 Neatly into rump vertebral extend to the hocks with a good brush. Unspecified-1402883383, Zambia
Overall Long and thin active tails. Unspecified-1402883388, Zimbabwe