The Red Engadine is a Swiss breed of which farm animal?

The Red Engadine is a traditional Swiss breed of domestic sheep from the Lower Engadine valley and some neighbouring parts of Bavaria and Tyrol.

It derives from cross-breeding of stock of Bergamasca and Alpines Steinschaf type. It is characterised by its convex profile, its fox-red wool and its long lop ears. In the 1980s it became gravely endangered, but has since recovered. It is a hardy mountain sheep; the hooves are strong and hard, and the breed is one of the few that are reported to have good resistance to foot rot.

The Red Engadine is reared principally for meat. It is slow-growing in comparison to some other breeds, but shows high prolificity – it is an aseasonal breeder, with a high twinning rate and short lambing interval of seven to eight months. The meat is of high quality and is low in fat.

Unlike more widespread breeds such as the Weisses Alpenschaf, it browses on woody stems as well as grass. It has been shown to be effective in limiting the spread of the invasive "Alnus alnobetula" (= Alnus viridis, "green alder") which threatens montane pasture land in the Alps and elsewhere.