• German Land Pig

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Conservation Status

Extinct

Place of Breeding

Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany

Synonym

Deutsches Landschwein

Extinction Reason

Crossbreeding with the Edelschwein to form the German Landrace

References

Deutsches Landschwein ist Tier der Agrarmesse MeLa. DIE WELT. (2014, September 10). https://www.welt.de/regionales/mecklenburg-vorpommern/article132082659/Deutsches-Landschwein-ist-Tier-der-Agrarmesse-MeLa.html (in German)

Hungerkamp, M. (2020, September 21). Gefährdete Schweinerassen in Deutschland. agrarheute. https://www.agrarheute.com/tier/schwein/gefaehrdete-schweinerassen-deutschland-451303 (in German)

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

Porter, V., Alderson, L., Hall, S. J. G., & Sponenberg, D. P. (2016). Mason’s World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding: 2 Volume Pack (1st ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI.