Corsican

The Corsican goat is a hardy Mediterranean landrace from Corsica, shaped by rough hills, scrub browse, and small farm cheese traditions. It is usually treated as a local dairy and meat goat rather than a narrowly show-standardized breed, so size, horn shape, and coat color can vary. Many animals are agile, rangy browsers with practical feet, useful udders, and the stamina needed for moving through maquis vegetation and rocky pasture.

Keepers value Corsican goats where a flock must use sparse forage efficiently and still produce milk for household or farmstead cheese. Good management centers on secure fencing, shelter from wet winter wind, parasite control on grazed ground, and selection for sound udders, kid survival, and steady temperament. Because the breed identity is tied to place and working use, flock records are most useful when they preserve local lines rather than forcing every animal into a narrow cosmetic type.

Colors: Belted, Black, Black and White, Brown, Brown and White, Buckskin, Chamoisee, Cou Blanc, Cou Clair, Cream, Fawn, Gold, Moonspotted, Pinto, Red, Red and White, Roan, Spotted, Sundgau, Swiss Marked, Tan, White