Grigia Molisana

Grigia Molisana
Conservation statusFAO (2007): endangered[1]
Other names
  • Campobasso
  • Capra di Campobasso
  • Capra di Montefalcone
Country of originItaly
DistributionMolise
StandardMIPAAF
Usedual-purpose, milk and meat[2]
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    60–64 kg[3]
  • Female:
    50–55 kg[3]
Height
  • Male:
    80–85 cm[3]
  • Female:
    70–75 cm[3]
Skin colourusually dark
Coatvariable
Horn statususually horned
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus hircus

The Grigia Molisana is an Italian breed of greyish domestic goat indigenous to Molise in southern Italy.[4] It is raised in the comuni of Acquaviva Collecroci, Castelmauro, Montefalcone nel Sannio, Montemitro and San Felice del Molise; all are in the province of Campobasso, and the breed may also be called the Capra di Campobasso. The highest concentration is in Montefalcone, from which the name Capra di Montefalcone derives. The origins of the breed are not known; studies conducted in the 1980s suggest influence from the Alpino Comune, Garganica and Maltese breeds.[2]

The Grigia Molisana 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][6] At the end of 2013 the registered population was 443, all of which were in the province of Campobasso.[7]

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