Metadata

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

Last Record

1950

Place of Breeding

Romania

Synonym

Mocanita | formerly a synonym of Romanian Mountain and Rasa de munte

Extinction Reason

Crossbreeding with the Romanian Brown

References

Ilie, D. E., Cean, A., Cziszter, L. T., Gavojdian, D., Ivan, A., & Kusza, S. (2015). Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA study of native Eastern European cattle populations: The case of the Romanian Grey. PLOS ONE, 10(9). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138736

Porter, V., & Mason, I. L. (2002). Mason’s World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties (5th ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Publishing.

Review of Agrobiodiversity conservation in the carpathian mountains: final report – phase ii, 2005 - 2008. (2009, February). SAVE foundation. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20210216043213/http://www.save-foundation.net/images/projekte/karpaten/karpaten-2008-en.pdf.

Roehl, L. (2014). (rep.). The old Mountain Cow of the Carpathians. Grovni Foundation. Retrieved from https://www.grovni.org/PDF/Carpathian_dwarf_cattle.pdf.

Saving the Dwarf Cow of the Carpathian Mountains. nitiative zum Erhalt seltener Haustierrassen in den Karpaten e.V. (2014, August 17). http://www.karpaten-bueffel.eu/en/news-detail/saving-the-dwarf-cow-of-the-carpathian-mountains.html