Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Place of Breeding

Switzerland

Synonym

Turbary | Torfschaf

Extinction Reason

Crossbreeding

References

Ciuta sheep - the smallest sheep of the Alps !. The Mountain Heritage Network (Pro Patrimonio Montano). (n.d.). http://www.tirolerhuhn.org/en/Ciuta.htm

Nature. (1902) (Vol. 65). London, UK: Macmillan Journals Limited.

Porter, V. & Mason, I. L. (2002). Mason’s World Dictionary of livestock breeds, types and varieties (5th ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI.

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.

Ritchie, J. (1920). The influence of man on animal life in Scotland; study in faunal evolution. Cambridge, UK: University Press.

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents. (1913). Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2025, January 22). Zaupelschaf. Wikipedia. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaupelschaf (in German)