Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

The 19th century

Place of Breeding

Cesarò and Troina, Sicily, Italy

Extinction Reason

Deforestation | Merged into the Nero Siciliano

References

Autoctone Antiche - Sicilia razze suine Autoctone Italiane antiche - di Alessio Zanon. Agraria.org. (n.d.). https://www.agraria.org/suini/razzeantiche/sicilia.htm (in Italian)

Zumbo, A., Sutera, A. M., Tardiolo, G., & D’Alessandro, E. (2020). Sicilian black pig: An overview. Animals, 10(12), 2326–2338. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10122326