This is a list of the Swiss breeds of horse,[1] with various names used for them in that country:
| International name | French | German | Italian | Notes | Image |
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| Ajoie | extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the 1970s[2]: 298 | ||||
| Burgdorfer | coldblood, from cross-breeding of Jura and Ardennes, became extinct in the twentieth century[3][4] | ||||
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Cavallo della Madonna | warmblood, considered extinct since the mid-twentieth century;[3] contributed to the development of the Swiss Warmblood, which is sometimes known as the New Einsiedeln;[5] a small number remain[6]: 202 | |||
| Entlebucher | light coldblood, became extinct in the twentieth century[3] | ||||
| Erlenbach | Erlenbacher | derived from Danish mares and Mecklenburger stallions, original form lost by the mid-eighteenth century;[7]: 506 warmblood, became extinct in the twentieth century, merged into the Swiss Warmblood[2]: 300 [3][5] | 
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Freiberger | 
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| Ormont | extinct[5] | ||||
| Schwyz | extinct[5] | ||||
| Swiss Halfblood | extinct, merged into the Swiss Warmblood in the mid-twentieth century[7]: 506 | ||||
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Cavallo della Svizzera | formed in the early 1970s through merger of the Ajoie, Einsiedler and Erlenbach local breeds and the Swiss Halfblood;[2]: 300 [7]: 506 sometimes known as 'Neue Einsiedeln'.[7]: 506 | .jpg)
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Other extinct breeds
editProSpecieRara lists several other extinct Swiss breeds of horse:[8]
- Bündner Oberländer Pferd
- Charrat-Pferd
- Delsberger Pferd
- Emmentaler Pferd
- Freiburger (Wifflisburger)
- Luzerner Pferd
- Mayenfelder Pferd
- Pruntruter Pferd
- Seeländer Pferd
- Simmentaler Pferd
- Solothurner Pferd
- St.Galler Oberländer Pferd
- St.Galler Rheintal Pferd
References
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- ^ Breed data sheet: Switzerland / Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed April 2023.
- ^ a b c d [Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe] (2003). Agricultural Genetic Resources in the Alps; Landwirtschaftliche Genressourcen der Alpen; Ressources génétiques agricoles des Alpes; Risorse genetiche agricole delle Alpi; Kmetijski genetski viri v Alpha. Zürich: Bristol-Stiftung; Bern, Stuttgart, Wien: Haupt. ISBN 3258066698. Archived 24 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d Das Original Freiberger Pferd (in German). Interessengemeinschaft zur Erhaltung des Original Freiberger Pferdes. Archived 12 August 2022.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Burgdorfer / Switzerland (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed April 2023.
- ^ a b c d Historique (in French). Avenches: Fédération Suisse du Franches-Montagnes. Archived 29 January 2022.
- ^ Élise Rousseau, Yann Le Bris, Teresa Lavender Fagan (2017). Horses of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691167206.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ [s.n.] (2016). Nutztierrassen und -schläge der Schweiz (in German). Basel: ProSpecieRara Schweiz. Archived 7 December 2016.