Mora Romagnola Pig

The Mora Romagnola, also called Mora, Bruna Romagnola, Castagnina or Forlivese, is an Italian pig breed from Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, also raised in Campania, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Marche, Piemonte and Veneto, and one of six native pig breeds recognized by Italy agriculture ministry. It takes its name from its brownish-black coloring, with males averaging 200 kilograms and females 160 kilograms. Distinct regional subtypes of the earlier Romagnolo pig were crossed with imported Yorkshire pigs beginning around 1886, until it was recognized by 1927 that unchecked crossbreeding would erase the local stock, prompting selective breeding from 1941 and the breed official naming in 1942. Its population crashed from 335,000 animals in 1918 to just 12 by the early 1990s, recovering to about 1,063 by the end of 2012, and it remains classified as at risk or critical by the FAO. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/