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Jonica goat

Place of Origin Italy
Origin The Jonica is a breed of domestic goat from the province of Taranto, in Puglia in southern Italy. The origins of the breed are uncertain; it is thought to have originated from crossing of local varieties with the Maltese breed.

Purpose Milk
Characteristics Weight - Male: 68 kg (150 lb)
- Female: 48 kg (105 lb)
Height - Male: 78 cm (31 in)
- Female: 70 cm (28 in)
Skin colour: flesh-pink
Wool colour:white
Face colour: white
Horn status: both sexes occasionally horned
Other Considerations The Jonica is one of the eight autochthonous Italian goat breeds for which a genealogical herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders. At the end of 2013 the registered population was 232
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