Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

1938

Place of Breeding

Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Variety

variety of Swiss Black-Brown Mountain

Synonym

Elbfarbenes Schaf | Frutigschaf | Frutiger

Extinction Reason

Combined to form the Swiss Black-Brown Mountain

References

Nutztierrassen und -schläge der Schweiz. ProSpecieRara. (2019, January). https://cms.prospecierara.ch/assets/website/prospecierara.ch/Tiere/PDFs_Tiere/PDFs_dt/lebende_und_ausgestorbene_Rassen.pdf (in German)

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.

Schatzmann, R. (2025, April 28). Das Frutigtuch. Frutigtaler Kulturgeschichte. https://kulturgutstiftung.ch/themen-2/industrie/frutigtuch/ (in German)