Goats

Breed (Origin)

• Description

Adany (Iran): See -- Bionda dell'Adamello

African Pygmy (Africa)

• Ajouti, or carmel, or black, or black with white; Small; Use: Pet, Showing

Aleppo: See -- Damascus

Altai Mountain (Russia)

• Dark grey; Use: Meat, Wool

Anatolian Black (Turkey)

• Black, or brown, or gray or pied; Use: Dairy, Fiber, Meat

Anglo Nubian (United Kingdom)

• White, or black, or mahogany, or tan; Long hanging ears; Use: Dairy, Hide, Meat

Angora (New Zealand, Tasmania)

• White, Lock hair; Use: Chevron (Hide), Mohair

Appenzell (Switzerland)

• White; Hornless; Use: Dairy

Arapawa (rare) (United Kingdom)

• Brown and black patchwork; Use: Kept in sanctuaries

Australian goat (Australia)

• ??; Use: Cashmere, Cross-breeding, Leather, Meat, Mohair

Bagot (rare) (United Kingdom)

• ??; Use: No commercial use

Barbari (India)

• white creamy to golden; Small; Use: Meat

Belgian Fawn (Belgium)

• Black, or brown; Use: ??

Benadir (Somalia)

• Black spotted, or red; Lop-ear; Use: Dairy, Meat

Bhuj (India)

• Black, with white or spotted ears; Lop-eared; Use: Dairy, Meat

Bhuj Brasileira: See -- Bhuj

Bionda (Italian): See -- Bionda dell'Adamello

Bionda dell'Adamello (Italy)

• Light brown, with white; Use: Dairy

Black Bengal (India, Pakistan)

• Black, or brown, or grey, or white; Small; Use: Dairy, Meat

Black-back: See -- Moxotó

Boer Goat (South Africa)

• Light-colored body, with dinstictive red head; Use: Meat

Booted Goat (Switzerland)

• Bright gray-brown to dark red-brown, with black or brown markings; Use: Dairy, Fleece, Meat

British Alpine (United Kingdom)

• Black, with white markings; Use: Dairy

British Saanen (United Kingdom)

• White; Use: Dairy

British Toggenburg (United Kingdom)

• Fawn; Use: Dairy

Brown Shorthair Goat (Czech Republic)

• Cinnamon to dark brown, with black; Use: Dairy

Camosciata Alpina: See -- Chamois Colored

Canary Island (Spain)

• Various; Horns sabre or twisted; Use: Dairy

Canindé (Brazil)

• Black, with pale face-stripes and belly; Use: ??

Carpathian (Southeastern Europe)

• White, also various; Long hair and twisted horns; Use: Dairy, Meat

Carpatina: See -- Carpathian

Cashmere (Afghanistan, China, Turkey)

• ??; Use: Fleece

Chamoisée: See -- Belgian Fawn

Chamois Colored (Switzerland)

• Brown, with black; Use: Dairy, Meat

Chamoise des Alpes: See -- Chamois Colored

Changthangi (Kashmir)

• Black, or brown, or gray, or white; Large twisting horns; Use: Cashmere, Meat, Pack

Chappar (Pakistan)

• Black; Small; Use: Meat

Charnequeira (Portugal)

• Pied, or red; Twisted lyre horns; Use: Dairy, Meat

Chengde Polled (China)

• Polled; Use: Cashmere, Meat

Chengdu Brown (China)

• Brown, with a dark face and back stripes; Use: Dairy, Meat

Chèvre Espagnole: See -- Canary Island

Chigu (India)

• White; Long twisted horns; Use: Cashmere, Meat

Chué: See -- Sem Raca Definida

Corsican (Corsica)

• Various; Long-haired; Use: Dairy

Daera Din Panah (Pakistan)

• Black; Long hanging and twisted ears, spiral horns; Use: Dairy

Damani (Pakistan)

• Black, with tan; Use: Dairy

Damascus (Lebanon, Syria)

• Brown, or grey, or pied, or red; Use: Dairy

Danish Landrace (Denmark)

• Black, or black bozoar, or blue, or bozoar, or harz, or pied, or white; Use: Dairy, Hobby, Meat

Deghier: See -- Somali

Deguen: See -- Benadir

Digwain : See -- Benadir

Don Goat (Russia)

• Black, or white; Large horns; Use: Cashmere, Dairy

Duan (China)

• Black, or pied, or white; Use: Meat

Dutch Landrace (Nethrlands)

• Various; Use: Not commercially used

Dutch Toggenburg (Netherlands)

• ??; Use: Dairy

Erzgebirge (Germany)

• Red-brwon, with black; Polled; Use: Milk

Finnish Landrace (Finland)

• Grey, or pied, or white; Use: Dairy

French Alpine (Alps Mountains)

• Several colours and shades; Use: Dairy

German Toggenburg: See -- Thuringian

Golden Guernsey (Channel Islands)

• Deep cream to auburn; Small; Use: Dairy

Granadina: See -- Murcia-Granada

Güera: See -- Canary Island

Hailun (China)

• Black, or grey brown; pied, or white, or yellow; Use: Dairy

Haimen (China)

• White; Use: Meat

Hasi (Albania)

• Reddish; Lop-eared; Use: Dairy, Meat

Hejazi (Arabia)

• Black; Long hair, small; Use: Meat

Hertkleurig: See -- Belgian Fawn

Hexi Cashmere (China)

• Black, or brown, or pied, or white; Use: Cashmere

Hnedà Kratkosrsta Koza : See -- Brown Shorthair Goat

Hongtong (China)

• White; Use: Dairy

Huaipi (China)

• White; Use: Meat

Huaitoutala (China)

• ??; Use: Cashmere

Hungarian Improved (Hungary)

• Black, or cream, or red, or white; Use: Dairy

Improved Northern Russian: See -- Russian White

Irish Goat (Ireland)

• Black, or grey, or white; Use: Dairy, Meat

Jining Grey (China)

• Black, or black and white, or white; Use: Cashmere; Kid-pelt

Kaghani (Pakistan)

• Black, or brown, or gray, or white; Use: Cashmere, Meat

Kamori (Pakistan)

• Reddish-brown, or white, with black spots; Use: Dairy

Kangra Valley: See -- Chigu

Karpacka: See -- Carpathian

Kashmiri: See -- Changthangi

Kiko (New Zealand)

• Brown, or white; Long horns; Use: Meat

Kinder (USA)

• Various; Use: Dairy, Meat

LaMancha (Oregon, USA)

• Various; Gopher ears; Use: Dairy

Loashan (China)

• ??; Use: Dairy

Machi (India)

• Black, or brown; Short rough hair, twisted horns; Use: Meat

Mah: See -- Chengdu Brown

Moxotó (Brazil)

• Cream with black, or white with black; Use: ??

Murcia-Granada (Spain)

• Black to brown; Use: Dairy

Myotonic Goat: See -- Tennessee Fainting Goat

Nigerian Dwarf (Nigeria)

• ??; Use: Dairy

Norwegian (Norway)

• Blue, or gray, or pied, or white; Long hair; Use: Dairy, Meat

Nubian (Africa)

• Various colours; Use: Dairy

Oberhasli (Switzerland)

• Rich red-bay, with black trimming; Use: Dairy

Oberhasli Brienzer: See -- Oberhasli

Pashmina Goat: See -- Changthangi

Peacock Goat (Switzerland)

• White front, with black feet, black hind; Use: Dairy, Meat

Philippine (Philippines)

• 1) Cream, or light brown, or tan; Coarse-haired, usually polled; 2) Black, or brown, with sometimes a white belt; Fine-hair, horned; Use: Meat

Poitevin: See -- Poitou

Poitou (rare) (France)

• Black-brown, pale below; Long hair, polled; Use: Dairy

Pyrenean (France, Spain)

• Black, or dark brown, paler below; Long hair; Use: Dairy, Meat

Qinshan (China)

• Black; Use: Pelt

Repartida (Brazil)

• Black and brown; Use: ??

Russian White (Russia)

• White; Use: Dairy, Wool

Saanen (Switzerland)

• Pure white, or sable; Use: Dairy

Sahelian (Mali)

• Black, or cream, or grey sprinkled, or red, or white, or pied; Use: Dairy, Meat, Skins

San Clemente (rare) (USA)

• Red, or tan, with black markings; Use: Meat

Sem Raca Definida (SRD) (Brazil)

• ??; Use: Meat

Shami: See -- Damascus

Somali (Kenya, Somali)

• White; Use: Meat

Stiefelgeiss: See -- Booted Goat

Suomenvuohi : See -- Finnish Landrace

Surrao: See -- Repartida

Swedish Landrace (Sweden)

• Black, or brown, or white; Long hair; Use: Dairy

Swiss Alpine: See -- Oberhasli

Tauernsheck (rare) (Austria)

• Black, or brown, with white; Use: Dairy

Tennessee Fainting Goat (USA)

• Black and white; Use: Meat, Pet

Thuringian (Germany)

• Chocolate-brown, with white markings; Use: ??

Toggenburg (Switzerland)

• Shades of brown, with white; Use: Dairy

Uzbek Black (Uzbekistan)

• Black; Use: Wool

Valais Blackneck (Switzerland)

• Black forequarters and white hindquarters; Use: Dairy, Meat

Verata (Spain)

• Black, or chestnut, or grey; Use: Dairy, Meat

Walliser Schwarzhals: See -- Valais Blackneck

White Shorthaired Goat (Czech Republic)

• White; Use: Dairy

Wooden Leg: See -- Tennessee Fainting Goat

Xinjiang (China)

• Black, or brown, or white; Use: Cashmere, Dairy, Meat

Xuhai (China)

• ??; Use: Meat

Yanshan Polled: See -- Chengde Polled

Zhongwei (China)

• White; Use: Cashmere, Pelts

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