The domestic goat or simply goat is a subspecies

of C. aegagrus domesticated from the wild goat GOAT

of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat
is a member of the animal family Bovidae and the
subfamily Caprinae, meaning it is closely related
to the sheep. There are over 300 distinct breeds
of goat. Wikipedia

Lifespan: 15 – 18 years
Gestation period: 150 days
Scientific name: Capra hircus
Mass: 20 – 140 kg (Adult)
Trophic level: Herbivorous Encyclopedia of Life
Height: 41 – 58 cm (Adult, At Shoulder)
DIFFERENT BREED OF GOATS
 Boer goat
Goat breed

The Boer goat is a breed of goat that was

developed in South Africa in the early 1900s
and is a popular breed for meat production.
Their name is derived from the Afrikaans word
boer, meaning farmer. Wikipedia
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
The American Pygmy is an American breed of
achondroplastic goat. It is small, compact and
stockily built. Like the Nigerian Dwarf, it derives from
the West African Dwarf group of breeds of West
Africa. Wikipedia
Height : 40–50 cm:355;
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Weight : 23–39 kg:355;
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
Other names : Pygmy Goat; African Pygmy:355;
The Saanen, German: 'Saanenziege', French: 'Chèvre de
Gessenay', is a Swiss breed of domestic goat. It takes its
name from the Saanental in the Bernese Oberland, in the
southern part of the Canton of Bern, in western
Switzerland. Wikipedia
Origin : Switzerland
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Weight: Male: minimum 85 kg; Female: minimum 60 kg
Height: : Male: 90 cm; Female: 80 cm;
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
 Nigerian Dwarf Goat
Goat breed

The Nigerian Dwarf is an American breed of dwarf goat.

Like the American Pygmy Goat, it derives from the West
African Dwarf group of breeds of West Africa. Wikipedia
Height: Male: 19–23.5 inches (48–60 cm); Female: 17–
22.5 inches (43–57 cm)
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
Use : milk, meat, show, companion animal
Wool color : any color
 Alpine goat
Domestic goat breed

The Alpine is a medium to large sized breed of domestic goat

known for its very good milking ability. They have no set colours
or markings. They have horns, a straight profile and erect ears.
The breed originated in the French Alps. Mature does weigh
around 61 kg, and are about 76 cm tall at the shoulder. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Capra aegagrus hircus
Height: Male: no less than 81 cm (32 in); Female: no less than 76 cm
(30 in)
Weight: Male: no less than 77 kg (170 lbs); Female: no less than 61 kg
(135 lbs)
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
Horn status : Horned
 Damascus
goat
Goat breed

The Damascus goat, also known as Aleppo, Halep, Baladi,

Damascene, Shami, or Chami, is a breed of goat. It
originated in Middle East countries such as Syria and was
imported by the British into Cyprus, where its qualities
were improved by breeding. Wikipedia
Higher classification : Goat
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Rank : Breed
Other names : Aleppo
Use : Meat and milk
Distribution : Middle East
Anglo-Nubian goat
Domestic goat breed

The Anglo-Nubian is a British breed of domestic goat. It originated in the

nineteenth century from cross-breeding between native British goats and a
mixed population of large lop-eared goats imported from India, the Middle
East and North Africa. It is characterised by large, pendulous ears and a
convex profile. Wikipedia
Origin : England
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Height: : Male: average: 90 cm (35 in):357; Female: average: 80 cm (31
in):357;
Weight: : Male: up to: 140 kg (310 lb):357; Female: up to: 110 kg (240 lb):357;
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
 Jamnapari goat
Goat breed

Jamnapari is a breed of goat originating from Indian

subcontinent. Since 1953 they have been exported to
Indonesia where they have been a great success. It is bred
for both milk and meat. The name is derived from the
Yamuna river. This breed is one of the ancestors of the
American Nubian. Wikipedia
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
 Angora goat
Domestic goat breed

The Angora goat is a breed of domesticated goat,

historically known as Angora. Angora goats produce the
lustrous fibre known as mohair. Wikipedia
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
 The Myotonic or Tennessee Fainting is an American breed
Fainting goat of meat goat. It is characterised by myotonia congenita, a
Goat breed FUNNIEST GOAT
hereditary condition which may cause it to stiffen or fall
over when startled. It may also be known as the Fainting,
Falling, Stiff-legged or Nervous goat, or as the Tennessee
Wooden Leg. Wikipedia
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
Kamori
Goat breed

Kamori is a popular goat breed found in the Sindh province of

Pakistan. They have a distinctive body structure with long ears and
neck and a large body, and a distinctive color. The purebred Kamori
goat is dark brown with small coffee-colored or dark patches over
its entire body. Pure Kamoris are rare and expensive. Wikipedia
Higher classification : Goats
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Rank: Breed
The Anatolian Black is raised in Turkey for its meat, milk and fiber. The Anatolian Black is a
Syrian type goat with large, drooping ears, coarse flat long hair, and comes in a unicolored
variety of black, grey, brown and sometimes pied coloration. Reported to be tolerant to
diseases, the Anatolian Black is well adapted to a local poor environment.
 Beetal
Goat breed

The Beetal goat is a breed from the Punjab region of

India and Pakistan is used for milk and meat
production. It is similar to the Jamnapari goat and
the Malabari goat. It is also known as Lahori goat; it
is considered to be a good milker with large body
size. Ears are flat long curled and drooping. Wikipedia
Higher classification: Goat
Scientific name: Capra aegagrus hircus
Rank: Breed
 American Lamancha
Goat breed

American Lamancha, or more commonly, simply

Lamancha or LaMancha, is a formally recognized breed
of dairy goat, first bred in California by Mrs. Eula Fay
Frey about 1927. Later she moved the herd to Glide,
Oregon for further development. Wikipedia
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
 Sirohi goat
Goat breed
The Sirohi goat is a dual-purpose compact,
medium to large sized goat breed reared for
both meat and milk production. This goat is
named after its actual breeding tract, Sirohi
district of Rajasthan, India. Wikipedia
Live Weight: 65 – 75kg.
Higher classification: Goat
Rank: Breed
Barbari goat
Domestic goat breed

The Barbari or Bari is a breed of small domestic goat

found in a wide area in India and Pakistan. It is
distributed in the states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar
Pradesh in India, and in Punjab and Sindh provinces of
Pakistan. Wikipedia
Weight: : Male: 38 kg. Female: 23 kg.
Scientific name: Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification: Goat Rank: Breed
Other names: Bari, Sai Bari, Thori Bari, Titri Bari, Wadi Bari
Height: : Male: 71 cm Female: 56 cm
The Russian White is a Russian breed of dairy goat. It derives from cross-
breeding of the indigenous North Russian with imported Swiss Saanen goats;
this began in about 1905. The Gorki derives from it, but is always horned,
while the Russian White may be horned or polled. Wikipedia
Other names: Russkaya belaya; Improved Northern Russian
Horn status: horned or polled

Russian White goat

Goat breed
 The Rove is a breed of goat first domesticated in
France. The breed was previously considered
endangered, but as of 2003, more than 5000
registered Roves are on French farms. Wikipedia
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed

Rove goat
Goat breed
 Toggenburg goat
Goat breed

The Toggenburg or Toggenburger is a Swiss breed of dairy goat. Its name derives
from that of the Toggenburg region of the Canton of St. Gallen, where it is
thought to have originated. It is among the most productive breeds of dairy goat
and is distributed world-wide, in at least fifty countries in all continents. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Capra aegagrus hircus
Height: : Male: 85 cm; Female: 75 cm;
Weight: : Male: 75 kg; Female: 55 kg;
Higher classification: Goat
Rank: Breed
Horn status: horned or hornless
 Golden Guernsey
Goat breed

The Golden Guernsey is a rare breed of dairy goat from Guernsey

in the Channel Islands, where it has been known for more than
two hundred years. Wikipedia
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Rank : Breed
Horn status : usually polled (hornless):30
Wool colour : golden, from pale to reddish-brown
Country of origin : Channel Islands
Distribution : Channel Islands; United Kingdom
 Murciana goat
Goat breed

The Murciano-Granadina is a Spanish breed of dairy goat. It was created in 1975 when
two existing breeds, the mahogany-coloured Murciana of Murcia and the black Granadina
of Granada, began to be hybridised as a result of the official recognition of a single
herdbook including both breeds. Wikipedia
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
Use : dairy
Height : Male: 77 cm Female: 70 cm
Other names: Murcia-Granada, Murciana-Granadina
 Kiko goat
Goat breed

The Kiko is a breed of meat goat from New Zealand. Kiko is the Māori word for flesh or
meat. The Kiko breed was created in the 1980s by Garrick and Anne Batten, who cross-bred
local feral goats with imported dairy goat bucks of the Anglo-Nubian, Saanen, and
Toggenburg breeds. Wikipedia
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
Horn status : horned
Skin color : variable
Use : Meat
 Oberhasli goat
Goat breed

The Oberhasli is a modern American breed of dairy goat. It derives from the
subtype of Chamois Colored Goat from the Oberhasli district of the Bernese
Oberland in central Switzerland. All purebred members of the breed descend
from five Chamois Colored Goats imported to the United States in 1936. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Capra aegagrus hircus
Weight : Male: 68kg (150lb) Female: 54kg (120lb)
Rank : Breed
Horn status : horned or polled
Face color : brown with black stripes
Wool color: chamoisée, brown with black dorsal stripe and lower legs
Other names : Swiss Alpine
 Spanish goat
Goat breed

The Spanish goat, also called the brush goat or scrub goat, came originally from
Spain via Mexico to the USA. It is now a meat and brush-clearing type found
widely in the United States. In the Southeast and elsewhere, they are often
referred to as "wood", "brush" or "briar", "hill", and "scrub" goats. Wikipedia
Place of Origin : Spain
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
The Valais Blackneck is a breed of domestic goat from the canton of Valais, in southern
Switzerland, and neighbouring areas of northern Italy. The largest concentration is in the
area of Visp. It is present in modest numbers in Austria and Germany. Wikipedia
Higher classification : Goat
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Rank : Breed
Wool color : black foreparts, white hindparts
Skin color : often pale
Horn status : horned in both sexes
Valais Blackneck
Domestic goat breed
 Black Bengal goat
Goat breed

The Black Bengal goat is a breed of goat found throughout Bangladesh, West Bengal,
Bihar, Assam, and Odisha. This breed is usually colored black but it is also found in
brown, white or gray. The Black Bengal goat is small in size but its body structure is
tight. Its horns are small and legs are short. Wikipedia
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
 Maltese goat
Domestic goat breed

The Maltese is a breed of domestic goat from the east and central
Mediterranean area. It originates in Asia Minor, and takes its name from the
island of Malta. It is raised mainly in southern Italy, and particularly in the
islands of Sicily and Sardinia. Wikipedia
Country of origin : Anatolia
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed
Wool color : white
Height : Male: 87 cm; Female: 71 cm;
Kalahari Red
Goat breed

The Kalahari Red is a breed of goat originating from South Africa.

Their name is derived from their red coat and the Kalahari Desert.
They are generally used in meat production. Wikipedia
Place of origin : South Africa
Higher classification : Goat
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Rank : Breed
Chamois Coloured goat
Goat breed

The Chamois Coloured Goat, French: Chèvre

chamoisée, German: Gämsfarbige
Gebirgsziege, Italian: Camosciata delle Alpi, is
an indigenous breed of domestic goat from
Switzerland. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification: Goat
Wool colour: brown with black dorsal stripe
and lower limbs
Face colour: brown with black facial stripes
Rank: Breed
Horn status: horned and hornless types
The Pygora goat is a breed of goat that originated from crossing the registered NPGA
Pygmy goat and the white AAGBA Angora goat. Pygoras, along with the Angora goat and
Cashmere goat, are fiber goats. Pygora goats produce three distinct kinds of fleece. Wikipedia
Scientific name : Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification : Goat
Rank : Breed

Pygora goat
Goat breed (smallest goat)
The Changthangi or Ladakh Pashmina is a breed of cashmere goat native to
the high plateaux of Ladakh, in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The cold
temperatures in the region are the primary factor in the growth of the fine
pashmina grade of cashmere wool for which they are reared. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Capra aegagrus hircus
Higher classification: Goat
Wool colour: usually white, also black, brown or grey Changthangi
Goat breed
Rank: Breed
Other names: Kashmiri; Ladakh Pashmina; Pashmina Goat
Use: pashmina; meat; pack animal
The Peacock goat breed from the cantons of Graubünden and Upper
Tessin in Switzerland is used for the production of milk. There is little
known about the origin of the peacock goat. The discovery of the
peacock goat was in 1887. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Capra aegagrus hircus
Rank: Breed

Peacock goat
Goat breed
 Hejazi goat
Animal

The Hejazi goat breed from Arabia is used for the production of meat. Wikipedia
 Thuringian goat
Goat breed

The Thuringian goat breed from Thüringen in central Germany is

utilized for the production of milk. It is a variety of the German
Improved Fawn goat breed. The Thuringian goat breed is derived
from the selective-breeding of crosses between Toggenburg,
Harzerziege, Rhönziege, and Thüringer Landziege goat breeds.
Wikipedia

Higher classification: Goat

Scientific name: Capra aegagrus hircus
Rank: Breed
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