Geographical distribution of sheep breeds in Brazil and their relationship with climatic and environmental factors as risk classification for conservation

Brazilian Journal of Science and Technology

Table 1 Sheep breeds in Brazil, their classification and number of flocks as well as distances (km) from mid-point of breed occurrence

Breed	Type	Use	Number of Flocks	Number of Municipalities	Km from mid-point
Breed	Type	Use	Number of Flocks	Number of Municipalities	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Border Leicester	Wool	Commercial	29	14	184	129	77	398
Bergamácia Brasileira	Wool	Naturalized	54	45	940	522	181	2,297
Cariri	Hair	Naturalized	43	41	580	546	25	2,416
Corriedale	Wool	Commercial	490	71	206	845	29	3,092
Crioula	Wool	Naturalized	61	45	326	314	41	1,683
Dorper	Hair	Commercial	1073	654	1,013	455	68	2,735
East Friesian	Wool	Commercial	3	3	336	135	216	482
Hampshire Down	Wool	Commercial	246	147	379	495	15	2,758
Ideal	Wool	Commercial	345	61	194	534	19	2,597
Ile de France	Wool	Commercial	583	210	392	461	22	2,627
Karakul	Wool	Commercial	39	26	278	539	107	2,848
Lacaune	Wool	Commercial	27	23	466	212	158	919
Merino	Wool	Commercial	137	36	245	762	54	2,974
Morada Nova	Hair	Naturalized	151	102	677	623	85	2,777
Poll Dorset	Wool	Commercial	67	59	700	619	70	2,421
Polypay	Wool	Commercial	5	5	132	48	91	198
Rabo Largo	Hair	Naturalized	30	25	370	397	69	1,595
Romney Marsh	Wool	Commercial	92	40	348	641	81	3,038
Santa Ines	Hair	Commercial	3397	1385	970	522	13	3,013
Somalis Brasileira	Hair	Naturalized	179	122	504	581	36	2,755
South African Mutton Merino	Wool	Commercial	2	2	50	-	50	50
Suffolk	Wool	Commercial	734	353	488	677	21	2,590
Texel	Wool	Commercial	682	283	522	795	35	2,941
White Dorper	Hair	Commercial	248	197	793	472	165	2,308