Capestrina

Capestrina
Conservation statusFAO (2007): not listed[1]
Other names
  • Capra Nera
  • Capra Nera Capestrina
Country of originItaly
Distributionsouthern Lazio
StandardMIPAAF
Usemeat, also milk[2]
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    85 kg[3]
  • Female:
    46–53 kg[3]
Height
  • Male:
    93–94 cm[3]
  • Female:
    74–79 cm[3]
Wool colorblack; limbs often pale
Face colorblack, often with white markings
Horn statushorned in both sexes[2]
Beardusually bearded[2]
Tasselsnot always present[2]
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus hircus

The Capestrina is an indigenous breed of domestic goat from the southern part of Lazio, in southern central Italy. It originates in the provinces of Frosinone, Latina and Rome, on the spines of the Monti Aurunci, the Monti Ausoni and the Monti Lepini. It is also raised in the Monti delle Mainarde and in the Val Comino, and on the Monti Prenestini.[3][4] Its geographical range is similar to that of the Bianca Monticellana and the Ciociara Grigia; it is however usually found on higher and less accessible terrain than those breeds.[2]

The Capestrina is one of the forty-three autochthonous Italian goat breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep- and goat-breeders.[5] At the end of 2013 the registered population was variously reported as 850[6] and as 991.[7]

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