Maps of livestock species and wild relatives
The League for Pastoral Peoples now has maps showing the worldwide distribution of livestock species and the pastoralists who keep them. There are maps for the following species of livestock and working animals: alpacas, Bactrian camels, buffaloes, cattle, chickens, dogs, donkeys, dromedaries, ducks, goats, honeybees, horses, llamas, pigs, reindeer, sheep and yaks. The map above is for sheep. The maps include information on the 1000+ pastoralist groups that manage these species. Click on an icon on the map to see information about that group. The maps can be combined and compared by turning the map layers off and on. The maps also show the wild relatives of livestock species: bison, caribou, feral dromedaries, guanacos, vicuñas, wild camels and wild yaks. You can see these maps here.