Cornigliese

Cornigliese
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): endangered: 68 
  • DAD-IS (2025): at risk/endangered
Other names
  • Corniglio
  • Borgotarese: 54 
  • Mucca di Corniglio: 54 
Country of originItaly
DistributionEmilia–Romagna
StandardMIPAAF
Usetriple-purpose, milk, meat and wool
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    100 kg
  • Female:
    75 kg
Height
  • Male:
    85 cm
  • Female:
    75 cm
Wool colourwhite, sometimes spotted
Face colourspotted or mottled

The Cornigliese or Corniglio is an Italian breed of domestic sheep from the Apennines of the province of Parma, in Emilia–Romagna in central Italy. It takes its name from the mountain town of Corniglio in that province; it may also be called Borgotarese after the town of Borgo Val di Taro which is about 40 km to the west.: 54  It is raised in the provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Modena, Parma, Ravenna and Reggio Emilia.: 208 

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