This is a list of some of the breeds of goat considered in Italy to be wholly or partly of Italian origin.[1][2][3][4] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Italian.
^Le razze ovine e caprine in Italia (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia: Ufficio centrale libri genealogici e registri anagrafici razze ovine e caprine. Accessed June 2014.
^Breeds reported by Italy: Goat. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2014.
^Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN9788850652594.
These are the principal goatbreeds considered in Italy to be wholly or partly of Italian origin; inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Italian.