This is a list of the Swiss breeds of goat, with various names used for them in that country:
International name French German Italian ImageAppenzell GoatChèvre d'AppenzellAppenzellerziegeCapra d'AppenzelloCapra GrigiaChèvre grise des montagnes "Capra Grigia"Graue BergziegeCapra Grigia Capra Sempione Capra Sempione Capra Sempione Chamois-coloured GoatChèvre chamoiséeGämsfarbige GebirgsziegeCamosciata delle AlpiGrisons StripedChèvre grisonne à raiesBündner StrahlenziegeStriata grigionese Grüenochte Geiss Chèvre col gris Capra dal collo grigio Kupferhalsziege Chèvre col fauve Kupferhalsziege Capra dal collo rosso Nera VerzascaChèvre Nera VerzascaNera VerzascaziegeCapra Nera VerzascaPeacock GoatChèvre paonPfauenziegeCapra PavoneSaanenChèvre de GessenaySaanen or SaanenziegeCapra di SaanenSt. Gallen Booted GoatChèvre bottéeStiefelgeiss or Sardonaziege Capra dagli stivaliToggenburgChèvre du ToggenbourgToggenburgerCapra del ToggenburgoValais BlackneckChèvre col noir du ValaisWalliser SchwarzhalsziegeCapra dal collo nero del Vallese
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) 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 (Weisse Zürcher Ziege or Weisse Schweizer Ziege)
See also List of goat breeds List of Swiss cattle breeds Agriculture in Switzerland Swiss cheeses and dairy products
References
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. .
Breeds reported by Switzerland: Goat. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
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.
Rassenstandards (Ausgabe 01.01.2014) (in German). Fédération suisse d'élevage caprin/Schweizerischer Ziegenzuchtverband/Federazione svizzera d'allevamento caprino. Accessed June 2014.
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.
[s.n.] (2016). Nutztierrassen und -schläge der Schweiz (in German). Basel: ProSpecieRara Schweiz. Archived 7 December 2016.
Rassenporträts: Ziegen (in German; also available in French and Italian). Basel: ProSpecieRara Schweiz. Accessed August 2022.