 In the Tiergarten Schönbrunn, Vienna | |
| Other names | Pecora della Roccia Tirolese |
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| Country of origin | Austria |
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| Wool colour | grey, black or white |
| Face colour | usually black |
| Notes | |
| dual-purpose, meat and wool | |
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The Tiroler Steinschaf or Pecora della Roccia Tirolese is a breed of domestic sheep from the mountainous Tyrol area of Austria; a few are raised in Italy. [1] [2] The name means "Tyrolean rock sheep". It is raised in the states of Tyrol and Salzburg in Austria [1] and in the autonomous province of Bolzano in Italy. [2] It dates from the early 19th century and is the oldest Tyrolean sheep breed. [1]
The Austrian herdbook was established in 1973. [3] The registered population reported for Austria in 2012 was 2780 to 3500, [1] and total numbers are estimated at 12,000. [3]
The Tiroler Steinschaf is one of the forty-two autochthonous local sheep breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders. [3] In 2013 no total number for the breed was recorded in the herdbook; [4] total numbers are about 60 head. [2]
