List of Swiss goat breeds

This is a list of the Swiss breeds of goat, ^[1] with various names used for them in that country:

International name	French [2]	German [3]	Italian [4]	Image
Appenzell Goat	Chèvre d'Appenzell	Appenzellerziege	Capra d'Appenzello
Capra Grigia	Chèvre grise des montagnes "Capra Grigia"	Graue Bergziege	Capra Grigia
Capra Sempione [5]	Capra Sempione	Simplongeiss Simplergeiss Gletschergeiss	Capra Sempione
Chamois-coloured Goat	Chèvre chamoisée	Gämsfarbige Gebirgsziege	Camosciata delle Alpi
Grisons Striped	Chèvre grisonne à raies	Bündner Strahlenziege	Striata grigionese
Grüenochte Geiss [5]	Chèvre col gris	Grüenochte Geiss Grauhalsziege Milchenziege Grueni	Capra dal collo grigio
Kupferhalsziege [5]	Chèvre col fauve	Kupferhalsziege	Capra dal collo rosso
Nera Verzasca	Chèvre Nera Verzasca	Nera Verzascaziege	Capra Nera Verzasca
Peacock Goat	Chèvre paon	Pfauenziege	Capra Pavone
Saanen	Chèvre de Gessenay	Saanen or Saanenziege	Capra di Saanen
St. Gallen Booted Goat	Chèvre bottée	Stiefelgeiss or Sardonaziege	Capra dagli stivali
Toggenburg	Chèvre du Toggenbourg	Toggenburger	Capra del Toggenburgo
Valais Blackneck	Chèvre col noir du Valais	Walliser Schwarzhalsziege	Capra dal collo nero del Vallese

Extinct breeds

Many Swiss goat breeds are considered to be extinct. These include: ^[6]

• Bergeller Ziege
• Blenio-Valmaggiaziege or Tessiner Bergziege
• Bündneroberländer Ziege (Tavetscherziege or Disentiserziege)
• Chèvre du Val d'Illiez
• Emmentaler Ziege
• Engadiner Ziege
• Entlebucher Ziege
• Freiburger Ziege or Greyerzer Ziege
• Frutiger Ziege
• Glarner Ziege
• Jura Ziege
• Liviner Ziege or Capra di Leventina
• Oberhalbsteinerziege or Schamser Ziege
• Oberhaslerziege or Hasliziege
• Oberwalliser Bergziege
• Obwaldnerziege
• Prättigauer Ziege
• Rivieraziege
• Schwarze Bündnerziege
• Schwarzenburger Ziege or Guggisberg Ziege
• Schwyzerziege
• Simmenthaler Ziege
• Unterwaldner Ziege
• Unterwalliser Ziege
• Urnerziege
• Zürcher Ziege ^{[7] : 359} (Weisse Zürcher Ziege or Weisse Schweizer Ziege)

See also

• List of goat breeds
• List of Swiss cattle breeds
• Agriculture in Switzerland
• Swiss cheeses and dairy products

References

1. Breeds reported by Switzerland: Goat. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
2. Les standards raciaux (valable dès 01.01.2014) (in French). Fédération suisse d'élevage caprin/Schweizerischer Ziegenzuchtverband/Federazione svizzera d'allevamento caprino. Accessed June 2014.
3. Rassenstandards (Ausgabe 01.01.2014) (in German). Fédération suisse d'élevage caprin/Schweizerischer Ziegenzuchtverband/Federazione svizzera d'allevamento caprino. Accessed June 2014.
4. Specifico delle razze standard (Edizione di 01.01.2014) (in Italian). Fédération suisse d'élevage caprin/Schweizerischer Ziegenzuchtverband/Federazione svizzera d'allevamento caprino. Accessed June 2014.
5. Rassenporträts: Ziegen (in German; also available in French and Italian). Basel: ProSpecieRara Schweiz. Accessed August 2022.
6. [s.n.] (2016). Nutztierrassen und -schläge der Schweiz (in German). Basel: ProSpecieRara Schweiz. Archived 7 December 2016.
7. Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN   9781780647944.