List of Swiss goat breeds

Updated on Jan 28, 2024

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The domestic goat breeds of Switzerland are, with the various names used for them in that country:

Extinct breeds

Many Swiss goat breeds are considered to be extinct. These include:

Bergeller Ziege

Blenio-Valmaggiaziege or Tessiner Bergziege

Bündneroberländer Ziege (Tavetscherziege or Disentiserziege)

Capra Sempione (Simplongeiss, Simplergeiss or Gletschergeiss)

Chèvre du Val d'Illiez

Emmentaler Ziege

Engadiner Ziege

Entlebucher Ziege

Freiburger Ziege or Greyerzer Ziege

Frutiger Ziege

Glarner Ziege

Grüenochte Geiss (Grauhalsziege, Milchenziege or Grueni)

Jura Ziege

Kupferhalsziege

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^:359 (Weisse Zürcher Ziege or Weisse Schweizer Ziege)

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