Category: wildlife

The breed was recognized in 1953, with the establishment by the Equestrian Augmentation Institute of the breed’s main characteristics. The new breed, which in fact

The breed had been selected by breeders on the volcanic island. Known as early as the first century B.C. in the days when the island

F.C.I. classification: UNRECOGNIZED BREED Also known as the Sicilian Shepherd Dog or Sicilian Sheepdog, it is an unrecognized breed of Sicilian origin. An ancestor of

A breed native to the Peloritani and Nebrodi Mountains in Val Demone, it is bred in mountainous areas of Messina, Palermo and Enna. The registry

A native breed of Mount Etna and the Peloritani Mountains, the Argentata dell’Etna goat is raised in the wild and semi-wild state in the mountain

The breed, also called orecchiuta and improved Sicilian, is cdi good in both meat and milk production. It originated as a Mediterranean hill sheep and

Bos taurus. Domestic cattle, long present on the island and even linked to the legends and myths of antiquity, are descendants of the great bovid

The presence of the buffalo in Italy is attested by fossil finds both in Latium and on the island of Pianosa; the species must have

The species represents the wild prototype from the domesticated goat. The species unlike other domesticated animal species still tends to wild life and there are

The origins of the breed, which as such has always been known and followed by the Equestrian Augmentation Institute since its establishment in 1864, are