When it comes to posting wildlife and animal photos, I pretty much always try to post the specific species / subspecies name. After all a bear isn’t always just a bear, and my photographed wolf may be different than the wolf species you saw.

So, when I was in New Zealand I took a few pictures of sheep. I imagine everyone who visits Kiwi-land does so. People still jokes that there are 60 million sheep in New Zealand but far fewer people. 30 sheep for every person.

Ok, but what type of sheep are they?

Turns out there are at least 28 different sheep species in New Zealand! What? Seriously who knew there were so many types of sheep? I’m not making this up, this information is straight from Beef + Lamb New Zealand, and the New Zealand Sheepbreeders Association.

Even wit ha helpful graphic they provide of different sheep looks and which island they’re found on – I was still confused as to whether these are Polwarth sheep, Corriedale sheep, Borderdale sheep, Perendale sheep or Cheviot sheep.

So, I’m just calling them sheep. What I do know, is that they look pretty damn tasty. Who wants some unknown species of lamb for lunch?