Metadata

Conservation Status

Not extinct

Place of Breeding

Pantelleria Island, southern Italy

Synonym

Asino di Pantelleria | Pantesca | Asino pantesco

Extinction Reason

Crossbreeding | War purposes

References

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.

Salvaterra, M. (n.d.). Asino di Pantelleria Razze Asini. www.agraria.org. https://www.agraria.org/zootecnia/asinopantelleria.htm (in Italian)

Wikimedia Foundation. (2025, January 25). Asino Pantesco. Wikipedia. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asino_pantesco (in Italian)

Wikimedia Foundation. (2025, December 26). Pantesco. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantesco