Grigio Siciliano

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Grigio Siciliano
Conservation status FAO: critical [1]
Other names
  • Asino Ferrante
  • Asino Grigio Siciliano
Country of originItaly
Distributionin Sicily:
Traits
Height
  • Female:
    124 cm

The Grigio Siciliano or Asino Ferrante, is a breed of donkey from the Mediterranean island of Sicily in southern Italy. [2] It is bred only on the island, in the provinces of Agrigento, Enna, Palermo, Ragusa and Syracuse. [3] The conservation status of the Grigio Siciliano was listed as "critical" by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2007. [1] In 2012 it was not among the autochthonous donkey breeds of limited distribution recognised by the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture and forestry. [4] A recent census conducted by researchers at the University of Messina counted approximately 100 individuals between 4 months and 14 years old. [3] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to: The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN   9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Breed data sheet: Asino Grigio Siciliano. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed September 2013.
  3. 1 2 Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN   9788850652594. pp. 161–62.
  4. ↑ Norme tecniche: Allegato 2 a D.M. 9742 del 7 maggio 2012 (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Accessed September 2013.
  5. ↑ Luigi Liotta, Biagina Chiofalo (n.d.). L'Asino Grigio Sicilano (in Italian). Associazione Italiana Razze Autoctone a Rischio di Estinzione. Accessed May 2014.


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