List of Icelandic breeds

This is a list of the animal breeds of Iceland.

English nameLocal nameNotesImage
Icelandic Cattle[1]: 57 [2][3]: 204 Íslenski nautgripurinn[4]
Icelandic ChickenÍslenski hænsnastofninn[1]: 57 [2]
Icelandic Goat[1]: 57 [2][3]: 385 Íslenska geitin[4]
Icelandic Horse[2][3]Íslenski hesturinn[4]
Icelandic Leadersheep[2][3]Forystufé[4]
Icelandic Pig[2][3]: 618 Íslenska svíniðextinct[1]: 57 
Icelandic Sheep[1]: 57 [2][3]: 846 Íslenska sauðkindin[4]
Icelandic Sheepdog[5]Íslenski fjárhundurinn[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Breed Data Sheet: Country: Iceland. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 List of breeds in EAAP-AGDB: Iceland totally. Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. Archived 14 October 2007.
  5. 1 2 FCI-Standard N° 289: Íslenskur Fjárhundur (Icelandic Sheepdog). Fédération Cynologique Internationale. Accessed November 2022.
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