Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

1980

Place of Breeding

Apulia and Lucania, southern Italy

Synonym

Pugliese | Apulo-Lucanian | Mascherina

Description

Revived as Apulian-Calabrese.

References

Apulian Black Pig. Slow Food Foundation. (2026, January 15). https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/slow-food-presidia/empty-title-24/

Autoctone Antiche - Puglia Razze Suine Autoctone Italiane Antiche - di Alessio Zanon. Agraria.org. (n.d.). https://www.agraria.org/suini/razzeantiche/puglia.htm (in Italian)

Petrini, C., & Watson, B. (Eds.). (2001). Slow Food: Collected Thoughts on Taste, Tradition and the Honest Pleasures of Food. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing.

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.

Razza Pugliese atlante delle Razze Suine - Razze Suine Italiane. Agraria.org. (n.d.). https://www.agraria.org/suini/pugliese.htm (in Italian)

Studio della popolazione del Suino Nero Pugliese. Associazione RARE. (2025, December). https://www.associazionerare.it/studio-della-popolazione-del-suino-nero-pugliese/ (in Italian)