Domestic goat

A goat

The domestic goat (Capra hircus or Capra aegagrus hircus) is a domesticated mammal It comes from the wild goat. A male goat is called a buck and a castrated goat is called a wether, a female is called a doe. Young goats are called kids

People eat their meat, drink their milk, and use their fur and skin. With goat milk, cheese can be made, along with other dairy products like yogurt. Some farmers use goats to eat plants the farmers do not want, such as weeds. Other times, the goats are used to keep grasses and other plants from getting too tall. This also benefits the goat because they get plenty of food to eat.

The goat has cloven hooves, a long beard on its chin, a short tail that turns up, and horns that grow up from the head in an arc. The hair is straight with a woolly coat under it during winter. Goats have rectangular irises. They are one of the few species to have these unique eyes.

The goat is about 70-120 cm (28-48 inches). They weigh from 45-54 kg (100-120 lb.) during adulthood.

The diet of the goat includes eating grass, leaves, shrubs, root vegetables, and other kinds of plants. Some ranchers use goats to clear brush and unwanted plants from their pastures Goats living in the desert, where plants are quite hard to find, have been seen climbing trees to get food

Goats are smart and active. They enjoy playing with other goats and climbing They are social animals that may live in groups or herds

List of goat breeds

For a list of goat breeds, see List of goat breeds.

Domestic Goat Media

• Title herd of goats bleating*Artist stephan*Original mp3 data Length:0:43 minutes (840.35 KB) Format:MP3 Stereo 44kHz 160Kbps (CBR)*User tags Animal, bleating, Farm, Goats, Herd, Pen*Type Single Subject, Natural*PDSounds record number 161*Comment Perhaps 30 goats of all ages comming to the fence in a wildlife park. They are expecting to be fed.

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  Goat-herding is an ancient tradition that is still important in places such as Egypt.

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  Goats, Arenas, Spain

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  Horn cores from the Neolithic village of Atlit Yam

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  Goat. Capra aegagrus hircus*Specimen of goat skeleton prepared by the bone maceration technique and on display at the Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP.*This file was published as the result of a partnership between the Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP, the RIDC NeuroMat and the Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil. This GLAM project is reported.*Photography: Mu

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  A white Irish goat with horns

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  This close up of a goat's eye shows the horizontal pupils that resemble slits or rectangles.

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  Brown/tan goat with some white spotting

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  Goat kid in char of Sirajganj, Bangladesh

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  A two-month-old goat kid in a field of capeweed

• An example of goats browsing together in Japan.