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Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

1936 or 1938

Place of Breeding

Eastern Switzerland

Synonym

Weisses Gebirgsschaf | Improved Whiteheaded Mountain | Blanc des Montagnes

Extinction Reason

Absorbed by the Swiss White Alpine

References

Dept. of Animal & Food Sciences. (2002, February 27). Breeds of Livestock - Swiss White Alpine Sheep. Oklahoma State University. http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/swisswhitealpine

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.

Schoenian, S. (2021, April 19). Sheep Breeds St - U. Sheep 101. http://www.sheep101.info/breedsT-V.html

Tiergenetische ressourcen der Schweizerischen Landwirtschaft. Das Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft (BLW). (2007). https://www.blw.admin.ch/dam/de/sd-web/oKLCGRB1Uu4T/tiergenetische_Ressourcen_nutztierbroschuere-alle-Sprachen.pdf (in German)