The Messinese is an indigenous breed of domestic goat from the area of the Monti Nebrodi and the Monti Peloritani in the province of Messina, in the Mediterranean island of Sicily, in southern Italy.

It is raised mainly in those areas, but also in the provinces of Catania, Enna and Palermo.

It was previously known either as the Capra dei Nebrodi (in that area) or in general as the Siciliana Comune.

[2] The Messinese is one of the forty-three autochthonous Italian goat breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep- and goat-breeders.

[6] The milk averages 5.83% fat and 4.13% protein, and is used mostly to make caprino and mixed-milk cheeses.