Lydekker, Richard (google), The sheep and its cousins, https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=3rMrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA59, "one of the most mouflon-like, of these short-tailed domesticated sheep.. native of Soa.. belong to a group of .. sub-breeeds.. collectively designated loaghtan, or lughdoan sheep. Properly speaking this term, which (in) Manx.. means mouse coloured..belongs only to the small brown sheep of the Isle of Man..but.. convenient.. to apply collectively. All these sheep..display a marked tendency to develp extra horns,.. in the rams varying from two, three, or four, to as many as five or six.
Origin of Manx cat breed, http://www.karellomanx.com/origin.html, p.269, "American cat fanciers (took interest) in the 1930s, and the demand for breeding stock was so high that the Isle of Man Government, (fearing) the breed's future on its native island.. (established) a government- funded breeding (program).. "
“Origin of Manx cat breed”. March-2012閲覧。 エラー: 閲覧日が正しく記入されていません。"(前略)..However, the Manx government closed the cattery in the mid 1980's,"