Unlike most tropical sheep, it is highly prolific, with an average litter size of approximately 2.

It is widely distributed, with populations in twenty-five countries in the Americas, Asia and Europe.

In 1624, when William Courten arrived in Barbados, the only domestic animal on the island was the pig.

[1] In the United States it has been cross-bred with Corsican Mouflon to produce the American Blackbelly, a distinctively-marked reddish sheep of small to medium size, which in males develops very large horns; the ewes are polled.

[2] Unlike most tropical sheep, it is highly prolific, with an average litter size of approximately 2.