Breed: Skopelos
Species: Goat
Colour: reddish brown or black and fawn, occ. with white patches
Weight: rams 87 kg/ ewes 74 kg
Height: rams 81 cm/ ewes 72 cm
Country: Greece
Description: Currently the only recognised, cultivated and studied Greek goat. There is no official record on the origin of the breed. According to the inhabitants of Skopelos, it used to live in uninhabited small islands of Sporades, and it was recently domesticated. The breed is also said to have some relationship with the wild goat of the Gioura island. EU: study (ENQUÊTE CEE DG XI (1991): Etude C.E:E: sur les petites races de ruminants domestiques / E.E.C. study on small breeds of domestic ruminants ( Annexe 1-3: Questionnaires. ): height: 70-75/ 62-66 (m/f)/ weight: 50-65/40-50 (m/f) Verbreitung: Skopelos, Northern Sporades/ Magnisia (Mainland) Population: 7000 (incl. crossbreeds) Risk status: vul
Specials: horns, horns are fairly spiral shaped. Female and male horns are 32 and 46 cm long respectively.
Uses: milk, meat