Katahdin sheep

	A ram
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not at risk; DAD-IS (2024): not at risk; Livestock Conservancy: not at risk;
Country of origin	United States
Distribution	44 American states; Canada; Caribbean; Central America; South America;
Use	meat
Traits
Hair color	variable
Horn status	usually polled (hornless)
	Sheep; Ovis aries;

The Katahdin is a modern American breed of sheep. It is an easy-care sheep: it grows a hair coat with little wool which moults naturally in the spring, and so does not need to be shorn. It is reared for meat only.

It was developed by a breeder named Michael Piel in Maine, and is named for Mount Katahdin in that state. From about 1957 he cross-bred a small number of African Hair Sheep from the Virgin Islands with various meat breeds, principally the Suffolk.^: 837

Traits
A ram
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not at risk^: 147 DAD-IS (2024): not at risk Livestock Conservancy: not at risk
Country of origin	United States
Distribution	44 American states Canada Caribbean Central America South America
Use	meat
Hair color	variable
Horn status	usually polled (hornless)
Sheep Ovis aries