Katahdin sheep

	A ram
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not at risk; DAD-IS (2024): not at risk; Livestock Conservancy: not at risk;
Country of origin	United States
Distribution	44 American states; Canada; Caribbean; Central America; South America;
Use	meat
Traits
Wool color	variable
Horn status	usually polled (hornless)
	Sheep; Ovis aries;

The Katahdin is a modern American breed of sheep. It is an easy-care sheep: it grows a hair coat with little wool which moults naturally in the spring, and so does not need to be shorn. It is reared for meat only.

It was developed by a breeder named Michael Piel in Maine, and is named for Mount Katahdin in that state. From about 1957 he cross-bred a small number of African Hair Sheep from the Virgin Islands with various meat breeds, principally the Suffolk.^[5]^: 837

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Traits
A ram
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not at risk^[1]^: 147 DAD-IS (2024): not at risk^[2] Livestock Conservancy: not at risk^[3]
Country of origin	United States
Distribution	44 American states^[2] Canada Caribbean Central America South America^[4]
Use	meat
Wool color	variable
Horn status	usually polled (hornless)
Sheep Ovis aries