Over the last century, the Gotland sheep, as we now know it, has been bred to be polled, (without horns), and to produce some of the world's most sought-after fleeces and pelts.
Gotland island is In the Baltic Sea, offshore of mainland Sweden, and the Gutefår, (Gute sheep), that still occupies the island is believed to have bloodlines dating back to the Vikings' trade era. A very hardy animal, both genders are horned, and many northern short tail breeds descend from them, our modern Gotland among them.
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