▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁it ▁was ▁quite ▁well ▁known , ▁but ▁had ▁problems ▁because ▁the ▁w ool ▁had ▁a ▁t endency ▁to ▁grow ▁over ▁the ▁eyes ▁of ▁the ▁animal . ▁As ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 8 0 5 ▁ 7 0 ▁T aut ers he ep ▁were ▁export ed ▁to ▁Sweden ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 4 ▁some ▁were ▁sold ▁to ▁Den mark ▁and ▁later ▁export ed ▁to ▁The ▁Far oe ▁Islands . ▁The ▁fert ility ▁was ▁low ▁and ▁the ▁sheep ▁had ▁problems ▁with ▁the ▁st ony ▁Norwegian ▁terrain . ▁As ▁foreign ▁sheep ▁bre eds ▁became ▁more ▁common ▁in ▁Norway ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁the ▁interest ▁in ▁bre eding ▁T aut ers he ep ▁decl ined . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁the ▁individuals ▁of ▁the ▁bre ed ▁gradually ▁grew ▁fewer ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁only ▁one ▁place ▁b red ▁T aut ers he ep . ▁Six ▁grown ▁individuals ▁and ▁five ▁l amb s ▁were ▁the ▁only ▁ones ▁left . ▁The ▁bre eding ▁organisation ▁dismiss ed ▁the ▁bre ed ▁and ▁the ▁sheep ▁were ▁advert ised , ▁but ▁no ▁buy ers ▁turned ▁up . ▁The ▁last ▁T aut ers he ep ▁were ▁then ▁sla ugh tered ▁and ▁the ▁bre ed ▁became ▁ext inct . ▁ ▁Liter ature ▁Bal vol l , ▁G ud mund ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁Inn fø ring ▁og ▁kom ment ar ar ▁« En ▁god ▁Bon de , ▁Hans ▁Av l ▁og ▁Bi æ rig ▁av