Goats: Breeds and characteristics
This is a little guide to learn more the world of goats
There are about 30 races. Each goat has different characteristics may be goat milk, goat meat or goat wool.
The Goat or Capra, who have attributed a distinction of representation. In the West especially in ancient Greece known as the goat represented the fertility of the harvest, so the god "Pan".
These are all species and subspecies of goat
Kri - common wild
Aegagrus Kri-Bezoar
Blythi Kri - the desert of Sindh
Chialtanensis Kri-of Chialtan
Kri-kri - Wild Crete or Kri-Kri
Kri hircus - domestic (traditionally C. hircus)
Kri turcmenica - bearded Turkestan
Capra caucasica - West Caucasian Tur
Capra cylindricornis - East Caucasian Tur
Markhor - markhor
Markhor heptnerni - Bukhara markhor
Markhor chialtanensis - markhor of Chialtan
Markhor megaceros - straight-horned markhor
Markhor jerdoni - Suleiman markhor
Capra ibex - Alpine Ibex
Capra Nubian - Nubian Goat
Ibex - Ibex
Capra pyrenaica hispanica - Ibex Levantine
Capra pyrenaica lusitanica - Portuguese ibex or Mueyu († 1892)
Pyrenean Ibex - Ibex Bucardo the Pyrenees or († 2000)
Capra pyrenaica victoriae - de Gredos Ibex
Capra sibirica - Siberian Ibex
Capra sibirica alaiana - Kyrgyz Ibex
Capra sibirica hagenbecki - Mongolian Ibex
Capra sibirica hemalayanus - Himalayan Ibex
Sakeen Siberian Ibex - Ibex Kashmir
Capra sibirica sibirica - the Altai Ibex
Capra wali - Ethiopian ibex
Here are the best known goats
ALPINE GOAT
The Swiss Alps are home. Most of them are white with black, white and brown, but other colors can tenes.
The ears are upright and his horns are medium and lean back. The objective of this goat's milk production.
GOAT ANGLONUBIAN
This breed of goat has its origin in the UK, is a breed of goat milk production with high amounts of fat.
These animals are thin and of medium size, with long ears, wide and falls, the hair is short and the color may be black, tan and red, although it is common that these colors are spotted with white. Their milk has a high fat content, making it excellent for cheese production.
ANGORA GOAT
They originate in Angora (Asia Minor). The main feature is her hair or mohair, which is very similar to wool in chemical composition, except it is thinner and smooth.
BOER
It is also known as Africander / Afrikander, South African common goat. The Boer breed is a type indigenous improved, with influence of some European breeds, goats and Angora goats Indica.
The white gene of his body is its dominant feature. BOER Another variety is the brown coat, color coat that is completely uniform throughout the body. The BOER are sturdy, well raised, short hair, long ears and horned heads.
The boer meat is par excellence, no cholesterol and fat concentrated extract is significantly lower than that of beef.
Saanen goats
This breed originated in Swiss mountain Saanen Valley. It is considered the quintessential DAIRY goat breed.
Ears have short, straight horns may or may not. His coat is white, thin skin tronpa pink spots may also appear black on ears and udders.
Its development is better in cold weather because they are heat sinsibles white in color not resist solar radiation.
