:Azpi Gorri
{{short description|Spanish breed of goat}}
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| country = Spain
| distribution = Euskal Herria
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| use = goat's meat{{r|mapa3}}
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| maleweight = 63 kg{{r|mapa4}}
| femaleweight = 43 kg{{r|mapa4}}
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The Azpi Gorri is a traditional Basque breed of domestic goat. It originates in the historical Basque Country, and is the only recognised goat breed of that area.{{r|cabi|page=360|guia|page2=171}} It is distributed in the northern part of the province of Álava and in southern Bizkaia, with a few herds in the autonomous community of Navarre.{{r|mapa}}
History
The Azpi Gorri is a traditional breed of the Basque Country. By the late twentieth century it had become gravely endangered, with an estimated breeding population of 100.{{r|guia|page=173}} In 1997 it was added to the {{lang|es|Catálogo Oficial de Razas de Ganado de España|italic=no}}, the national register of livestock breeds of the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación,{{r|guia|page=171|boe}} and in 2001 it was included in the official list of Basque breeds of the País Vasco.{{r|guia|page=171|bopv}}
A breed society, the {{lang|eu|Euskal Herriko Azpi Gorri Elkartea|italic=no}}, was formed in 1999; it has kept the herd-book since 2007.{{r|guia|page=173}}
Also in 2007, the Azpi Gorri was added to the Ark of Taste of the Slow Food Foundation.{{r|guia|page=174|slow}} The Ark of Taste also lists the Azpi Zuri, a colour variant with white lower parts rather than the characteristic red of the standard breed.{{r|slow2}}
Characteristics
The Azpi Gorri is of medium size. The coat is short and lustrous black with chestnut-red markings on the underbelly, the underside of the tail, the legs and the face{{r|cabi|page=360}} – the Basque words {{lang|eu|azpi gorri}} mean approximately "with reddish lower parts".{{r|eb}} The facial profile is straight, and the ears are held more or less horizontally.{{r|cabi|page=360}} The horns are arched in nannies, more corkscrew-shaped in billies; both sexes occasionally have tassels.{{r|guia|page=173}}
References
{{commonscat|Ahuntz azpigorria}}
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Loyola de Palacio del Valle-Lersundi (7 November 1997). [https://www.boe.es/eli/es/rd/1997/11/07/1682/dof/spa/pdf Real Decreto 1682/1997, de 7 de noviembre, por el que se actualiza el Catálogo Oficial de Razas de Ganado de España] (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado 279 (21 November 1997): 34205–34207. Reference: BOE-A-1997-24860. European Legislation Identifier: [https://www.boe.es/eli/es/rd/1997/11/07/1682 permalink].
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{{Basque animal breeds}}
{{Goat breeds of Spain and Portugal}}