Ovella galega
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 Galician sheep in the Centro de Recursos Zooxenéticos de Galicia | |
| Country of origin | Spain |
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The Ovella galega (in English: Galician sheep) is a sheep breed of Galician origin. It belongs to the branch of producers of the inter fina, whose binomial name is the Ovis aries celtibericus. The number of animals of this breed in Galicia improved notably in the last years.[1] In 2012 the total number of Galician sheep was 4,548 (3,862 females and 686 males) distributed in 110 farms.[2]
Although once found across Galicia, the breed now only exists in smaller, isolated communities throughout the region. The biggest concentration is located in Ourense, Spain, south of Lugo and the west of Pontevedra.