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

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Goat breeds originating in Switzerland.

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. ^ a b c 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.

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Goat breeds of Switzerland

* Appenzell goat
* Capra Grigia
* Chamois Coloured goat
* Grisons Striped
* Grüenochte Geiss
* Kupferhalsziege
* Nera Verzasca
* Peacock goat
* Saanen
* Simplongeiss
* Stiefelgeiss
* Toggenburg
* Valais Blackneck
* Zürcher Ziege (extinct)

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