List of goat breeds

This is a list of goat breeds. There are many recognized breeds of domestic goat (Capra
aegagrus hircus). Goat breeds (especially dairy goats) are some of the oldest defined animal
breeds for which breed standards and production records have been kept. Selective breeding of
goats generally focuses on improving production of fiber, meat, dairy products or goatskin.
Breeds are generally classified based on their primary use, though there are several breeds
which are considered dual- or multi-purpose.

List
 Name Image Other names Origin Purpose References

Abkhasian,
Abaza Turkey milk, meat
Abkhazskaya

Abergelle [1]

Abyssinian short-
Afar
eared, Adal, Danakil

Agew Ethiopia

Agrupación de
Spain
las Mesetas

Albatinah Messi Oman

Algarvia Portugal

Aljabal Alakhdar Oman

Alpine polychrome,
Alpine American Alpine, French Alps milk
French Alpine

Altai Mountain Altai Republic fiber

Adi Keçi Turkey fiber, milk

Andaman local

Anglo-Nubian Nubian Great Britain meat, milk

Central Anatolia
Angora fiber
Region

Chèvre d’Appenzell,
Appenzell Goat Switzerland milk
Appenzellerziege
[1]
Aradi Aardi, A'ardiyah

Arapawa Arapawa Island Goat Arapaoa Island meat, milk

Argentata
Sicily milk
dell'Etna

Arsi-Bale Ethiopia
 Asmari Gujeri Afghanistan pack, meat,
milk, fiber

Aspromonte
[2]
Assam Hill India

Aswad Saudi Arabia [1]

Attappady black India [3]

Attaouia Morocco [1]

Auckland Island Auckland Island meat [4]

[5]
Australian brown Australia

Australian
Australia fiber
Cashmere

Australian [6]
Australia
Heritage Angora

Australian [7]
Australia
Melaan

Australian [8]
Australia Pet, milk
Miniature Goat

Azpi Gorri

Azul NE Brazil [1]

Bagot England

Banatian White Banat

Barbari India, Pakistan meat

Beetal Punjab region meat, milk

Belgian Fawn Belgium milk

Benadir Southern Somalia meat, milk

Bhuj Northeastern meat, milk

 Brazil

Bilberry Waterford

Bionda
Lombardy milk
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British Alpine England milk

Brown Shorthair Czech Republic milk

Agrupación caprina
Canary Island Canary Islands milk
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Canindé Northeastern meat

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Carpathian Southeast Europe meat, milk

Nepal (High
Chyangra mountains) Wool, meat
Himalayas

Chamba Himalaya

Chamois
Chamoisée Switzerland meat, milk
Coloured

Tibet, Southwest fiber, meat,

Changthangi Bamar, Pashmina
China, Myanmar milk

Chappar Sindh meat

Charnequeira Portugal meat, milk

Chengde Polled Northern Hebei fiber, meat

Chengdu Brown Sichuan meat, milk

Chigu India fiber, meat

Northeastern
Chué meat
Brazil

Corsican Corsica milk

Dera Din Panah Pakistan milk

Damani Pakistan milk

Aleppo, Baladi,
Damascus Chami, Damascene, Syria milk
Halep, Shami

Danish Landrace Denmark milk

milk,
Don Don River goatskin,
fiber

Duan Guangxi meat

Dutch Landrace Netherlands milk

 Dutch Netherlands milk
Toggenburg

Erzgebirge Saxony milk

Fainting Myotonic United States meat

Vlaamse
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Steunpunt
Flemish Goat Belgium milk, meat
Levend
Erfgoed
(sle.be)

Frisa Valtellinese Italy meat

Finnish Landrace Finland milk

Garganica Agrigentina Gargano milk, goatskin

Northern
Afghanistan,
Girgentana milk
Balochistan, and
Kashmir

Göingeget Sweden

Golden Guernsey Guernsey milk

Grisons Striped Switzerland milk

[9]
Guddi Himalayas

Hailun Heilongjiang milk

Haimen Zhejiang meat

Northeastern
Hasi meat, milk
Albania

Arabian
Hejazi meat
Peninsula
Hexi Cashmere Northern Gansu fiber

Hongdong
Hongtong milk
County

Huaipi Henan meat

Huaitoutala Qinghai Animal fiber

Hungarian
Hungary milk
Improved

Icelandic Settlement Iceland fiber, meat

Irish Ireland meat, milk

Jamnapari Jamunapari India milk

fiber,
Jining Grey Shandong
goatskin

Province of
Jonica milk
Taranto

Kaghani Hazara meat

Kalahari Red South Africa meat

Kalbian Australia meat

Kamori Sindh milk

Kempense
geit |
Steunpunt
Kempic goat Kempense Belgium milk
Levend
Erfgoed
(sle.be)

Kinder United States meat, milk

Kiko New Zealand meat

 Korean Black Korea meat
Goat

Cretan, Agrimi, or Eastern

Kri-kri meat
Cretan Ibex Mediterranean

American
Lamancha United States meat, milk
Lamancha

Laoshan Shandong milk

Majorera Fuerteventura Canary Islands milk

[10]
Malabari goat Tellicherry goat Malabar region Meat, milk

Maltese Malta milk

Massif Central France milk, Meat

Markhoz Maraz Iran Mohair, milk

Province of [11]
Messinese Nebrodi milk
Messina

Oberian, Miniature Pacific Northwest

Mini Oberhasli milk
Oberhasli US

Northeastern
Mountain Goat Moxotó meat
Brazil

Southeastern
Murcia-Granada Murciano Granadina milk
Spain

Murcian, Murcien,
Murciana Murciene, Royal Murcia meat, milk
Murciana

Nachi Punjab region meat

Nigerian Dwarf West Africa milk

Nigora goat United States fiber, milk [12]

Nera Verzasca Switzerland meat, milk

 Norwegian Norway meat, milk

Oberhasli Swiss Alpine Oberhasli milk

Orobica Bergamo Alps milk

Peacock Switzerland milk

Pinzgauer Austria meat

Philippine Philippines meat

Poitou Western France milk

milk, Meat, [13]

Pridonskaya Russia
Wool

African pygmy, meat, milk,

Pygmy Cameroon
American pygmy Pet

Pygora Oregon City fiber

Pyrenean France and Spain meat, milk

Qinshan Jining goatskin

Red Boer South Africa meat, Pet

Red [14]
Syria milk
Mediterranean

Maradi Red, Red Nigeria and Niger Meat, Skin, [15][16]

Sokoto Red
Sokoto Republic milk

Northeastern
Repartida meat
Brazil

Rove France meat

Russian White Russia milk

Saanen Saanen milk

Sable Saanen United States milk

Sahel Belt of [17]

Sahelian Sahel Meat
West Africa

Valdostana Italy meat, milk

Goatskin,
Sahelian West Africa
meat, milk

San Clemente San Clemente

Island Island

Sarda Sardinia milk

Short-eared
Abgal
Somali

Sirohi

Ajmer, Nagaur,
Tonk, Sikar,
Jhunjhunu,
Chitorgarh,
Ajmeri, Meat and
Sirohi Udaipur,
Devgarhi,Parvatsari milk
Rajasamand,
Bhilwara, Jaipur
and other
districts of
Rajasthan (India)

Swedish
Northern Sweden milk
Landrace

Somalia, Djibouti
milk, meat,
Somali and northeastern
goatskin
Kenya

Spanish Brush, scrub Spain meat

Stiefelgeiss St. Gallen meat

Surati Maharashtra
 Syrian Jabali Syrian Mountain

Tauernsheck Austria milk

Thuringian Thuringia milk

Toggenburg Toggenburg milk

Uzbek Black Uzbekistan fiber

Southern
Valais Blackneck meat, milk
Switzerland

Vatani Afghan native black

Verata Vera meat, milk

West African West and Central

African dwarf
Dwarf Africa

White
Czech Republic milk
Shorthaired

fiber, meat, [18][19]

Xinjiang Xinjiang
milk

Xuhai Jiangsu meat

Yemen Mountain Yemen

fiber, meat,
Zalawadi Tara bakari Gujarat
milk

Zhiwulin Black Shaanxi fiber, meat [20][19]

Chung-wei,
Zhongwei Chaungway, China fiber, Pelt
Chzhun'veiskaya

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