Dorper

Dorper
A Dorper flock
Conservation statusCommon
Country of originSouth Africa
Traits
Wool colorMainly white, some black
Face colorBlack
Dorper ram - South Africa
Australian mob of white Dorpers

The Dorper is a South African breed of domestic sheep developed by crossing Dorset Horn and the Blackhead Persian sheep. The breed was created through the efforts of the South African Department of Agriculture to breed a meat sheep suitable to the more arid regions of the country. It is now farmed in other areas as well, and is the second most common sheep breed in South Africa.[1]

  1. ^ "Dorper Sheep". Breeds of Sheep. Oklahoma State University, Dept. of Animal Science. Retrieved 2009-04-06.