High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Soay sheep are a primitive breed of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) descended from a population of feral sheep on the 250-acre (1.0 km2) island of Soay in the St. Kilda Archipelago, about 65 km from the Western Isles of Scotland. Undiluted by interbreeding, they are a genetic archive of the Neolithic origins of domesticated sheep, and they are one of the Northern European short-tailed sheep breeds. The name "St Kilda sheep" does not refer to the Soay, but is a former name for another short-tailed type, the Hebridean. This breed was raised primarily for meat.

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