Pelibüey
a group of leggy red-and-white sheep
at a sheepdog trial
Conservation status
Other names
  • Pelibuey
  • Peliguey
  • Cubano Rojo
  • Carnero de Pelo de Buey
  • Cuban Hairy
  • Tabasco (in Mexico)
Country of originCuba
Distribution
  • Cuba
  • Mexico
  • Caribbean area
TypeAmerican hair sheep
Usemeat
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    average 47 kg[2]
  • Female:
    average 37.5 kg[2]
Height
  • Male:
    average 65 cm[2]
  • Female:
    average 62 cm[2]
Horn statushornless in both sexes

The Pelibüey or Spanish: Cubano Rojo is a Cuban breed of domestic sheep. It is found principally in Cuba, where it is the most numerous breed of sheep, but is also reared elsewhere in the Caribbean and in some coastal parts of Mexico.[3]: 881  It is a hair sheep – its coat is of hair, not wool;[4]: 30  this is a common adaptation to tropical environments. It is likely that it derives at least in part from African breeds of sheep such as the West African Dwarf, and probable that it is related to other American breeds of African origin such as the Barbados Black Belly, the Roja Africana of Venezuela and the Oveja Africana of Colombia.[3]: 881 

It is raised primarily for meat.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Breed data sheet: Pelibuey / Cuba (Sheep). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed December 2020.
  3. 1 2 Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  4. ↑ Graham R. Duncanson (2012). Veterinary Treatment of Sheep and Goats. Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780640051.


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