The Standing Sheep by Schleich is realistic and beautifully detailed. Schleich animals are hand painted and this sheep has gorgeous tan and white details. The animals created by Schleich are a true reflection of nature on a smaller scale. This listing is Schleich item #13283

The Schleich company was founded in 1935 as a supplier to the plastic industry. The now famous Schleich figurines first came to life in the 1960's. Since the 1980's, Schleich has been crafting animal figurines as well. Now you any your family can enter the fantastic play world on a smaller scale, with animals both wild and domestic, dinosaurs, and knights.

Here is some interesting information about sheep:

The domestic sheep (Ovis aries), the most common species of the sheep genus (Ovis), is a woolly ruminant quadruped which probably descends from the wild mouflon of south-central and south-west Asia. Sheep breeders refer to female sheep as ewes, intact males as rams, castrated males as wethers, yearlings as hoggets, and younger sheep as lambs. In sheep husbandry, a group of sheep is called a flock or mob. See other specialised vocabulary below.

"Domestic sheep." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 13 Nov 2006, 20:45 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 14 Nov 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Domestic_sheep&oldid=87606390>.