The Skudde (also, East Prussian Skudde,

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: ''Ostpreußische Skudde'') is a

breed A breed is a specific group of domestic animals having homogeneous appearance (phenotype), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species. In literature, there exist several slig ...

of domesticated sheep from Estonia, Germany,

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, and

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Characteristics

Adult rams weigh between and . Adult ewes weigh to . The wool is white, brown, black and gray. It has fine wool fibers, dispersed with short and course fiber. Lambs typically will have dark red or rust colored markings on their nape of their neck and legs.

References

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