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Jacob 4-Horn Sheep 
Size:   24-34 inches
Weight:   80-180 lbs
Food:   Herbivorous

Description:   
The Jacob sheep is a primitive multihorned (polycerate) sheep breed, patterned with black and white spots. Jacobs are grown for their wool, their meat, and their hides, but they make good pets as well. Currently Jacobs are listed as threatened by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, which means the breed has fewer than 5,000 globaly.
Jacob or Piebald Sheep are an English Breed with a Scandinavian background. Only in recent times has the name Jacob Sheep has superseded the older name, Piebald Sheep. These sheep are descendants of the sheep the Norse brought to the British Isles. The Norse traveled the seas with livestock as they sought new lands to colonize and farm. Where ever they settled they planted their domestic animals. It is a well loved myth that Jacobs are related to the fat tailed sheep of the Middle East though there are no genetic markers or historical evidence pointing to any connection to Eastern breeds of sheep. The colorful stories have been perpetuated mostly by the name which refers to the Biblical story of Jacob in the old testament of the Christian Bible. Genesis 30:31-70 It tells how Jacob took every speckled and spotted sheep as his own from Laban's flock. The breed was formerly known as "Spanish sheep," but these sheep did not originate in Spain. Like so many British breeds with an unclear history the legend persists that the Jacob washed up in England after the wreck of the Spanish Armada in the 16th Century! There are records of spotted sheep (including four-horned sheep) existing from Britain at about the same time that make it clear this breed is indeed very old.
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