Ramskopf

Horse with rams head

Horse with ramsnose

The head of a mammal with an outwardly curved head or nose is called ram's head (from the English ram : ram). The expression is mostly used for domestic horse breeds . These conformation characteristics are common in draft horses and baroque horses . The opposite of the Ramskopf is the pike head with an inwardly curved forehead.

There are also some breeds of sheep that are downright ram-headed. Examples of this are the Border Leicester and the Wensleydale .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ramskopf in the dictionary of the horse magazine Tovero.de
2. ↑ Jasper Nissen: Large equestrian and horse encyclopedia, Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, 1977, ISBN 3-570-04580-3

Web links

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