Rustica di Calabria

Rustica di Calabria
Conservation statusFAO (2007): no data[1]
Other names
  • Rustica Calabrese
  • Sciara
  • Capra di Cosenza[2]
Country of originItaly
DistributionCalabria
StandardMIPAAF
Usedual-purpose, milk and meat[3]
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    65–70 kg[4]
  • Female:
    45–50 kg[4]
Height
  • Male:
    75–80 cm[4]
  • Female:
    60 cm[4]
Coatvariable
Horn statususually horned
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus hircus

The Rustica di Calabria or Sciara is an Italian breed of domestic goat indigenous to Calabria in southern Italy.[5] It is raised mostly in the provinces of Catanzaro and Cosenza. Although present in substantial numbers it has been little studied; its conservation status and origins remain unclear. It may have been influenced by the various goat breeds – including the Abyssinian goat, the Maltese and a type known as "Tibetan" – whose introduction to Calabria in the early twentieth century is documented.[3]

The Rustica di Calabria 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][7] At the end of 2013 the registered population was 24,130, most of which were in the province of Cosenza.[8]

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