Viterbese

Viterbese

Conservation status	FAO (2007): extinct[1]
Other names	Asino di Allumiere Asino Viterbese Grigio Viterbese
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	Lazio
Use	burden light draught donkey racing meat milk hippotherapy[2]
Traits
Height	Male: 119–137 cm
	Female: 112–135 cm
Classification
MIPAAF	Breed standard
Donkey Equus asinus

The Viterbese or Italian: Asino Viterbese is a breed of donkey from Lazio in central Italy.^[3] It is particularly associated with the town and province of Viterbo from which it takes its name, and with the Monti della Tolfa and the town of Allumiere in the province of Rome. In 2007 it was reported by the FAO as extinct.^[1] 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][4] A total population of 153 head was reported in the same year.^[3]

References

1. Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (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: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed May 2014.
2. Norme tecniche: Allegato 2 a D.M. 9742 del 7 maggio 2012 (in Italian). Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali. p. 25. Accessed May 2014.
3. Breed data sheet: Grigio viterbese/Italy. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2014.
4. [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.