Rossa Mediterranea

Rossa Mediterranea
Conservation statusFAO (2007): not at risk[1]
Other namesDerivata di Siria
Country of originItaly
Distribution
StandardMIPAAF
Usemilk
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    70 kg[2]
  • Female:
    48 kg[2]
Height
  • Male:
    79 cm[2]
  • Female:
    72 cm[2]
Skin colourbrown
Coatred-brown
Horn statusmay be present in either sex
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus hircus

The Rossa Mediterranea is a breed of domestic goat from the Mediterranean island of Sicily, in southern Italy. It derives from the Damascus goat of Syria and the eastern Mediterranean,[3] and is thus also known as the Derivata di Siria. It is raised mainly in Sicily, but also in Basilicata and Calabria in southern mainland Italy.[4][5]

The Rossa Mediterranea 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.[6] Total numbers for the breed were recently estimated at 56,000.[4] At the end of 2013 the registered population was reported as 3385.[7][8]

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