What type of animal meat is mutton?”
Lamb, hogget, and mutton are the meat of domestic sheep. The meat of an animal in its first year is lamb; that of an older sheep is hogget and later mutton. Classifications and nomenclature Lamb chops Because of dramatically differing economic values of each type of animal (lamb being the most expensive), classification systems have developed to ensure consumers receive the product they have purchased. The strict definitions for lamb, hogget and mutton vary considerably between countries. In New Zealand for example, they are defined as follows: * Lamb — a young sheep under 12 months of age which does not have any permanent incisor teeth in wear * Hogget — a young male sheep or maiden ewe having no more than two permanent incisors in wear * Mutton — a female (ewe) or castrated male (wether) sheep having more than two permanent incisors in wear. In Australia the definitions are extended to include ewes and rams, as well as being stricter on the definition for lamb which is: * Lamb — 0 pe
