List of goat breeds

This is a list of goat breeds. There are many recognized breeds of domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus).

List

Name Image Other names Origin Purpose References
Abaza Abkhasian, Abkhazskaya Turkey milk, meat
Abergelle France [1]
Afar Abyssinian short-eared, Adal, Danakil Ethiopia
Agew Ethiopia
Agrupación de las Mesetas Spain
Albatinah Messi Oman
Algarvia Portugal
Aljabal Alakhdar Oman
Alpine Alpine polychrome, American Alpine, French Alpine French Alps, France milk
Altai Mountain Altai Republic, Russia fiber
Adi Keçi Turkey fiber, milk
Andaman local Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Anglo-Nubian Nubian Great Britain meat, milk
Angora Central Anatolia Region, Turkey fiber
Appenzell Goat Chèvre d’Appenzell, Appenzellerziege Switzerland milk
Aradi Aardi, A'ardiyah Saudi Arabia [1]
Arapawa Arapawa Island Goat Arapaoa Island, New Zealand meat, milk
Argentata dell'Etna Sicily, Italy milk
Arsi-Bale Ethiopia
Asmari Gujeri Afghanistan pack, meat, milk, fiber
Aspromonte Spain
Assam Hill India [2]
Aswad Saudi Arabia [1]
Attappady black India [3]
Attaouia Morocco [1]
Auckland Island Auckland Islands, New Zealand meat [4]
Australian brown Australia [5]
Australian Cashmere Australia fiber
Australian Heritage Angora Australia [6]
Australian Melaan Australia [7]
Australian Miniature Goat Australia pets, milk [8]
Azpi Gorri Spain
Azul NortheasternBrazil [1]
Bagot England
Banatian White Banat
Barbari India, Pakistan meat
Beetal Punjab region of India and Pakistan meat, milk
Belgian Fawn Belgium milk
Benadir Southern Somalia meat, milk
Bhuj Northeastern Brazil meat, milk
Bilberry Waterford, Ireland
Bionda dell'Adamello Lombardy, Italy milk
Black Bengal [1] India, Bangladesh meat, skin
Boer Africander, Afrikaner South Africa meat
British Alpine Great Britain in England milk
Brown Shorthair Czech Republic milk
Canary Island Agrupación caprina canaria Canary Islands milk
Canindé Northeastern Brazil meat
Carpathian Greece (Southeast Europe) meat, milk
Chyangra Nepal, Himalayas wool, meat
Chamba Nepal in the Himalayas
Chamois Coloured Chamoisée Switzerland meat, milk
Changthangi Bamar, Pashmina Tibet, Southwest China, Myanmar fiber, meat, milk
Chappar Sindh, Pakistan meat
Charnequeira Portugal meat, milk
Chengde Polled Northern Hebei, China fiber, meat
Chengdu Brown Sichuan, China meat, milk
Chigu India fiber, meat
Chué Northeastern Brazil meat
Corsican Corsica milk
Dera Din Panah Pakistan milk
Damani Pakistan milk
Damascus Aleppo, Baladi, Chami, Damascene, Halep, Shami Syria milk
Danish Landrace Denmark milk
Don Russia near the Don River milk, skin, fiber
Duan Guangxi, China meat
Dutch Landrace Netherlands milk
Dutch Toggenburg Netherlands milk
Erzgebirge Saxony, Germany milk
Fainting Myotonic United States meat
Flemish Goat Belgium milk, meat
Frisa Valtellinese Italy meat
Finnish Landrace Finland milk
Garganica Agrigentina Gargano, Italy milk, skin
Girgentana Northern Afghanistan, Balochistan in Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in India milk
Göingeget Sweden
Golden Guernsey Guernsey milk
Grisons Striped Switzerland milk
Guddi Nepal, Himalayas [9]
Hailun Heilongjiang, China milk
Haimen Zhejiang, China meat
Hasi Northeastern Albania meat, milk
Hejazi Saudi Arabia meat
Hexi Cashmere Northern Gansu, China fiber
Hongtong Hong Kong, China milk
Huaipi Henan, China meat
Huaitoutala Qinghai, China animal fiber
Hungarian Improved Hungary milk
Icelandic Settlement Iceland fiber, meat
Irish Ireland meat, milk
Jamnapari Jamunapari India milk
Jining Grey Shandong, China fiber, skin
Jonica Province of Taranto, Italy milk
Kaghani Hazara, Pakistan meat
Kalahari Red South Africa meat
Kalbian Australia meat
Kamori Sindh, Pakistan milk
Kempic goat Kempense Belgium milk
Kinder United States meat, milk
Kiko New Zealand meat
Korean Black Goat North Korea, South Korea meat
Kri-kri Cretan, Agrimi, or Cretan Ibex Greece, Eastern Mediterranean meat
American Lamancha Lamancha United States meat, milk
Laoshan Shandong, China milk
Majorera Fuerteventura Canary Islands, Spain milk
Malabari goat Tellicherry goat Kerala, India meat, milk [10]
Maltese Malta milk
Massif Central France milk, meat
Markhoz Maraz Iran mohair, milk
Messinese Nebrodi Province of Messina, Italy milk [11]
Mini Oberhasli Oberian, Miniature Oberhasli Pacific Northwest United States milk
Mountain Goat Moxotó Northeastern Brazil meat
Murcia-Granada Murciano Granadina Southeastern Spain milk
Murciana Murcian, Murcien, Murciene, Royal Murciana Murcia, Spain meat, milk
Nachi Punjab region of India and Pakistan 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
Pridonskaya Russia milk, meat, wool [13]
Pygmy African pygmy, American pygmy Cameroon meat, milk, pets
Pygora Oregon City, Oregon, United States fiber
Pyrenean France, Spain meat, milk
Qinshan Jining, China skin
Red Boer South Africa meat, pets
Red Mediterranean Syria milk [14]
Sokoto Red Maradi Red, Red Sokoto Nigeria, Niger meat, skin, milk [15][16]
Repartida Northeastern Brazil meat
Rove France meat
Russian White Russia milk
Saanen Saanen, Switzerland milk
Sable Saanen United States milk
Sahelian Sahel Sahel Belt of West Africa meat [17]
Valdostana Italy meat, milk
Sahelian West Africa skin, meat, milk
San Clemente Island San Clemente Island, United States
Sarda Sardinia, Italy milk
Short-eared Somali Abgal Somalia
Sirohi Ajmeri, Devgarhi, Parvatsari Sirohi, Ajmer, Nagaur, Tonk, Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Rajasamand, Bhilwara, Jaipur and other districts of Rajasthan (India) meat, milk
Swedish Landrace Northern Sweden milk
Somali Somalia, Djibouti, northeastern Kenya milk, meat, skin
Spanish Brush, Scrub Spain meat
Stiefelgeiss St. Gallen, Switzerland meat
Surati Maharashtra, India
Syrian Jabali Syrian Mountain Syria
Tauernsheck Austria milk
Thuringian Thuringia, Germany milk
Toggenburg Toggenburg, Switzerland milk
Uzbek Black Uzbekistan fiber
Valais Blackneck Southern Switzerland meat, milk
Vatani Afghan native black Afghanistan
Verata Vera meat, milk
West African Dwarf African dwarf West Africa and Central Africa
White Shorthaired Czech Republic milk
Xinjiang Xinjiang, China fiber, meat, milk [18][19]
Xuhai Jiangsu, China meat
Yemen Mountain Yemen
Zalawadi Tara bakari Gujarat, India fiber, meat, milk
Zhiwulin Black Shaanxi, China fiber, meat [20][19]
Zhongwei Chung-wei, Chaungway, Chzhun'veiskaya China fiber, pelt

References

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