The Viterbese or it, Asino Viterbese, italic=no is a
breed
A breed is a specific group of domestic animals having homogeneous appearance (phenotype), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species. In literature, there exist several slig ...
of
donkey
The domestic donkey is a hoofed mammal in the family Equidae, the same family as the horse. It derives from the African wild ass, ''Equus africanus'', and may be classified either as a subspecies thereof, ''Equus africanus asinus'', or as a ...
from
Lazio
it, Laziale
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in central Italy.
[ It is particularly associated with the town and ]province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
of Viterbo
Viterbo (; Viterbese: ; lat-med, Viterbium) is a city and ''comune'' in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo.
It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in its early history. ...
from which it takes its name, and with the Monti della Tolfa and the town of Allumiere
Allumiere (Romanesco dialect, Romanesco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italy, Italian region Latium, located about northwest of Rome.
Allumiere is traditionally divided into the ''contrada, contrade'' of ...
in the province of Rome
The Province of Rome ( it, Provincia di Roma) was one of the five provinces that formed part of the region of Lazio in Italy. It was established in 1870 and disestablished in 2014. It was essentially coterminous with the Rome metropolitan area. T ...
. In 2007 it was reported by the FAO as extinct.[ In 2012 it was added to the list of autochthonous donkey breeds of limited distribution recognised by the ]Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali
The Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, it, Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali, italic=no or MiPAAF, is an Italian government department.
It was formed in 1946 as the Ministero dell'Agricoltura e delle F ...
, the Italian ministry of agriculture and forestry.[ A total population of 153 head was reported in the same year.][
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References
Donkey breeds originating in Italy
Donkey breeds
Viterbo
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