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Black Bengal goat. The Black Bengal is a type of goat found in various regions including Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam, and Odisha. [1] These goats typically have black skin and fur, although they can also be 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.
The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (C. aegagrus) of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. It was one of the first animals to be domesticated, in Iran ...
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 ...
The Zhiwulin Black goat breed from the northern Shaanxi Province of China is used for the production of cashmere fiber and meat. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Cross-breeding with the Liaoning Cashmere breed has been found to improve cashmere yields.
The goats are normally white, but may also be black, brown or grey. The Angora is a moderately small goat, standing about 50 cm at the withers. [4]: 357 It is slender, elegant and light-framed; [3] the head is small, with semi-lop ears. It is usually horned; in billies the horns are commonly long, twisted and strong.
[3]: 355 By the 1970s, two distinct types had developed: one broad, compact and solid like the original African stock, the other more delicate, much like a dairy goat in miniature. [ 5 ] : 39 The latter became the Nigerian Dwarf , while the former became the American Pygmy, for which a breed society was established in 1975, and a herd book ...
The domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a domesticated species derived from the bezoar ibex (Capra aegagrus aegagrus). It is one of the oldest domesticated species of animal—according to archaeological evidence its earliest domestication occurred in Iran at 10,000 calibrated calendar years ago. [1] Wild goats are animals of mountain habitats ...
The chamois (/ ˈ ʃ æ m w ɑː /; [2] French: ⓘ) (Rupicapra rupicapra) or Alpine chamois is a species of goat-antelope native to the mountains in Southern Europe, from the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Apennines, the Dinarides, the Tatra to the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkan Mountains, the Rila–Rhodope massif, Pindus, the northeastern mountains of Turkey, and the Caucasus. [1]