A British breed of sheep, also simply called the Hampshire, that originated in the early nineteenth century from cross-breeding the new Southdown breed with the traditional tall, horned, white-faced sheep native to the open, untilled chalk downland of the Hampshire Downs, namely the Wiltshire Horn, the Berkshire Nott and the old local Hampshire sheep. It is much used as a terminal sire.
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1. Hampshire Down (Wikipedia)
- lead: originated in the early nineteenth century from cross-breeding
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Its conservation status world-wide is "not at risk".
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