Frisa Valtellinese

Frisa Valtellinese
Conservation statusFAO (2007): endangered[1]
Other names
  • Frontalasca
  • Rezzalasca
  • Frisa
  • Frisa Nera
Country of originItaly
DistributionProvince of Sondrio, Lombardy
StandardMIPAAF
Usemilk, also meat[2]
Traits
Weight
  • Female:
    65–70 kg[2]
Height
  • Female:
    79–82 cm[2]
Coatblack or dark, with Swiss markings
Face colourdark with white eye-stripes
Horn statususually horned[3]
Tasselssometimes present[3]
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus hircus

The Frisa Valtellinese is an Italian breed of domestic goat indigenous to the province of Sondrio, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It is raised throughout the Valtellina – from which its principal name derives – in the Val Malenco and the upper Val Masino in the Rhaetian Alps, and in the Valchiavenna. It may also be called the Frontalasca, for the village of Frontale, a frazione of the comune of Sondalo in the Val di Rezzalo, or the Rezzalasca for that valley. The name Frisa comes from its frisature, or Swiss markings.[2]

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