Dear All,
According to Alderson (1989, 60), some four-horned sheep breeds may produce polled females with a tuft of wool on the forehead.
I will post a picture on Zoobook of a modern skull in the collection of the Osteoarchaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm (biographic data unknown).
Was the small stub visible in the live animal, more exactly could it correspond to the " tuft of wool on the forehead"? My idea is based on crested hens in which the feather tuft is related to an inherited cranial deformation.
Thank you for any ideas: Laszlo
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