Location

Found throughout Middle-earth, especially Eriador, and also farmed in Emerië in Númenor

Species

Ovis aries

Meaning

Derived from Old English sceap

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Sheep

Woolly grazing animals, especially common in the Númenórean region of Emerië, and (in Middle-earth) on the Barrow-downs and in the Vales of Anduin.

See also...

Emerwen Aranel, Hyarastorni, Sheep-lord, Tree-herds, Ulbar

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