Jonica

The Jonica is an Italian breed of domestic goat from the province of Taranto, in Puglia in southern Italy.^[3] Its origins are uncertain; it is thought to derive from crossing of local varieties with the Maltese breed.^[2]: 369 It is one of the eight autochthonous Italian goat breeds for which a genealogical herd-book is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.^{[4]: 32 [5]}

Jonica

Conservation status	FAO (2007): not at risk[1]
Country of origin	Italy
Distribution	Province of Taranto Murge Province of Catanzaro Province of Lecce Province of Matera Province of Reggio Calabria
Standard	MIPAAF
Use	milk
Traits
Weight	Male: 68 kg[2]: 370  Female: 48 kg[2]: 370
Height	Male: 78 cm[2]: 370  Female: 70 cm[2]: 370
Skin colour	unoigmented
Hair colour	white[2]: 370
Face colour	white
Horn status	both sexes occasionally horned
Goat Capra aegagrus hircus

In 1998 the total number of the goats was estimated at 20000 head.^[2]: 369 At the end of 2013 the registered population was 232.^[6]

Use

It is reared principally for milk. The annual milk yield for pluriparous nannies is some 450–500 litres in a lactation of some 250–270 days; most of it used to make canestrati or cacioricotta.^[2]: 370