page_title: Faroe Islands domestic animals
section_title: Faroese sheep
hierarchical_section_title: Faroe Islands domestic animals / Faroese sheep
caption_attribution_description: A ewe and her twins on the Faeroes.
context_page_description: The domestic animals of the Faroe Islands are a result of 1200 years of isolated breeding. As a result, many of the islands' domestic animals are found nowhere else in the world.
context_section_description: The Faroe sheep is a small and hardy breed. It is one of the Northern European short-tailed sheep and has been on the islands for over 1000 years. The sheep is a huge part of Faroese culture - it is a part of the local cuisine, and might have given the islands their name; Føroyar, the name of the Faroes, is thought to mean "sheep islands." There used to be another sheep breed on the islands, the Lítla Dímun sheep or Dímunarseyðurin, that was smaller and more goat-like in appearance. It lived a feral existence on the island of Lítla Dímun, but all specimens of this breed were shot in the 19th century.
caption: Faroe ewe and her twin lambs
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