Corsicans are crosses from decades of mixing the shedding European Mouflon sheep with most wool sheep, including Churro, Jacob, Merino, Horned Rambouillet, etc.

Painted Desert Sheep have multiple colors and patterns.

In 1997, a Painted Desert registry was started in Texas.

In 2009, the United Horned Hair Sheep Association, Inc. was established to promote all Corsican sheep, including the Painted Desert sheep.

In order to register a Painted Desert sheep, they must two separately distinguishable colors.

Texas Painted Desert sheep were first created for hunting; but now that they have gone mainstream, they are being marketed for meat, show, and pasture clearing.