Viterbese
| Conservation status | FAO (2007): extinct[1]: 70 |
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| Country of origin | Italy |
| Distribution | Lazio |
| Standard | MIPAAF |
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The Viterbese or Italian: Grigio Viterbese is an Italian breed of donkey from the Lazio region of central Italy.[3] It is particularly associated with the town and province of Viterbo from which it takes its name, and also with the Monti della Tolfa and the town of Allumiere in the province of Rome; for this reason it may sometimes be known as the Asino di Allumiere. In 2007 it was reported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as extinct.[1]: 70 In 2012 it was added to the list of autochthonous donkey breeds of limited distribution recognised by the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali, the Italian ministry of agriculture and forestry.[2]: 25 [4] A total population of 153 head was reported in the same year.[3]
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Norme tecniche: Allegato 2 a D.M. 9742 del 7 maggio 2012 (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. Accessed May 2014.
- ^ a b Breed data sheet: Grigio viterbese/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2014.
- ^ [s.n.] (8 October 2013). L'asino grigio viterbese alla riscossa: Era ritenuto estinto, ma alcuni appassionati l'hanno salvato (in Italian). Viterbo News 24. Accessed May 2014.