Wool Yielding Animals

1. S. No. Name of the wool Picture Information – Where it is
yielding animal found and what kind of wool
does it provide etc.
1. Lohi Sheep Found in Rajasthan and Punjab,
India. Gives good quality of
wool that is used for making
woollen clothes.
2. Rampur Bushair Sheep Found in Uttar Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh, India. Gives
brown coloured superior carpet
quality wool that is used for
making nice quality of carpets.
3. Nali Sheep Found in Rajasthan, Haryana,
and Punjab, India. Gives good
quality of carpet wool that is
used for making premium
variety of carpets.
4. Bakharwal Sheep Found in Jammu and Kashmir,
India. The wool given by
Bakharwal sheep is used for
making woollen shawls.

2. 5. Drysdale Sheep Found in New Zealand. Gives
coarse thick wool which is used
in making carpets.
6. Baluchi Found in Iran, Pakistan and
Afghanistan. Gives light brown
carpet wool that is coarse and
is used for making carpets.
7. Angora goat Found in Angora, Turkey.
Produces fine quality of white
or coloured wool called mohair.
Mohair is used in making
carpets, scarves, winter hats,
suits, sweaters, coats and
socks.
8. Llama camel Found in Andes mountain
region of South America. The
wool of Llama camel is light
weight, grease free, luxurious
and soft and thus is used for
great quality of woollen
clothes.

3. 9. Alpaca camel Found in Peru and other areas
of South America. Alpaca camel
wool is very fine and of yarn
quality and so it is used for
shawls, stoles and carpets.
10. Yak Found in Ladakh, Nepal and
Sikkim in India and also in other
parts of the world. The outer
wool of Yak is rough whereas
the inner wool is soft. Wool
from Yak is used to make
blanket, socks, hats and
sweaters etc.