The Massese is an Italian breed of domestic sheep from the Alpi Apuane mountains of the province of Massa Carrara, in Tuscany in central Italy.

It has common origins with the other indigenous sheep breeds of the Apennines.

[1] The Massese has common origins with the other indigenous sheep breeds of the Apennines.

[1] It is one of the seventeen autochthonous Italian sheep breeds for which a genealogical herd-book is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.

[3] In 1986 total numbers for the breed were recorded as 182690, of which 66% were in Tuscany and 27% in Emilia–Romagna.