List of goat breeds

Last updated April 13, 2024

Goats - farm animals of domestic goat (Capra hircus) species, small ruminants - are widespread throughout the world and are used in almost any natural and climatic conditions, even those where other productive animals cannot live. Different breeds of goats are adapted to different livestock systems - from small herds of 3-5 heads on meager grazing to large intensive livestock farms, from year-round grazing to fully stable housing, with many intermediate variations between them. Goats are a source of several types of products, of which the main ones are milk, meat and wool. Among the goat breeds there are highly productive specialized, dual-triple-use and universal breeds. External differences between breeds are represented by many major and minor traits that vary in a very wide range. 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 breeds which are considered dual- or multi-purpose.

List

Name	Other names	Origin	Purpose	References
Abaza	Abkhasian, Abkhazskaya	Turkey	milk, meat
Abergelle				^[1]
Afar	Abyssinian short-eared, Adal, Danakil
Agew		Ethiopia
Agrupación de las Mesetas		Spain
Albatinah	Aamil	Oman
Algarvia		Portugal
Aljabal Alakhdar		Oman
Alpine	Alpine polychrome, American Alpine, French Alpine	French Alps	milk
Altai Mountain		Altai Republic	fiber
	Adi Keçi	Turkey	fiber, milk
Andaman local
Anglo-Nubian	Nubian	Great Britain	meat, milk
Angora		Central Anatolia Region	fiber
Appenzell	Chèvre d’Appenzell, Appenzellerziege	Switzerland	milk
Aradi	Aardi, A'ardiyah			^[1]
Arapawa	Arapawa Island Goat	Arapaoa Island	meat, milk
Argentata dell'Etna		Sicily	milk
Arsi-Bale		Ethiopia
Asmari	Gujeri	Afghanistan	pack, meat, milk, fiber
Aspromonte
Assam Hill		India		^[2]
Aswad		Saudi Arabia		^[1]
Attappady black		India		^[3]
Attaouia		Morocco		^[1]
Auckland Island		Auckland Island	meat	^[4]
Australian brown		Australia		^[5]
Australian Cashmere		Australia	fiber
Australian Heritage Angora		Australia		^[6]
Australian Melaan		Australia		^[7]
Australian Miniature		Australia	Pet, milk	^[8]
Azpi Gorri
Azul		NE Brazil		^[1]
Bagot		England
Banatian White		Banat
Barbari		India, Pakistan	meat	^{[ citation needed ]}
Beetal		Punjab region	meat, milk
Belgian Fawn		Belgium	milk
Benadir		Southern Somalia	meat, milk
Bhuj		Northeastern Brazil	meat, milk
Bilberry		Waterford
Bionda dell'Adamello		Lombardy	milk
Black Bengal		India, Bangladesh	meat, goatskin
Boer	Africander, Afrikaner	South Africa	meat
British Alpine		England	milk
Brown Shorthair		Czech Republic	milk
Canary Island	Agrupación caprina canaria	Canary Islands	milk
Canindé		Northeastern Brazil	meat
Carpathian		Southeast Europe	meat, milk
Chyangra		Nepal (High mountains) Himalayas	Wool, meat
Chamba		Himalaya
Chamois Coloured	Chamoisée	Switzerland	meat, milk
Changthangi	Bamar, Pashmina	Tibet, Southwest China, Myanmar	fiber, meat, milk
Chappar		Sindh	meat
Charnequeira		Portugal	meat, milk
Chengde Polled		Northern Hebei	fiber, meat
Chengdu Brown		Sichuan	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		Don River	milk, goatskin, fiber
Drežnica		Slovenia	milk, meat	^[9]
Duan		Guangxi	meat
Dutch Landrace		Netherlands	milk
Dutch Toggenburg		Netherlands	milk
Erzgebirge		Saxony	milk
Fainting	Myotonic	United States	meat
Flemish		Belgium	milk, meat	Vlaamse geit \| Steunpunt Levend Erfgoed (sle.be)
Frisa Valtellinese		Italy	meat
Finnish Landrace		Finland	milk
Garganica	Agrigentina	Gargano	milk, goatskin
Girgentana		Northern Afghanistan, Balochistan, and Kashmir	milk
Göingeget		Sweden
Golden Guernsey		Guernsey	milk
Grisons Striped		Switzerland	milk
Guddi		Himalayas		^[10]
Hailun		Heilongjiang	milk
Haimen		Zhejiang	meat
Hasi		Northeastern Albania	meat, milk
Hejazi		Arabian Peninsula	meat
Hexi Cashmere		Northern Gansu	fiber
Hongtong		Hongdong County	milk
Huaipi		Henan	meat
Huaitoutala		Qinghai	Animal fiber
Hungarian Improved		Hungary	milk
Icelandic	Settlement	Iceland	fiber, meat
Irish		Ireland	meat, milk
Jamnapari	Jamunapari	India	milk	^{[ citation needed ]}
Jining Grey		Shandong	fiber, goatskin
Jonica		Province of Taranto	milk
Kaachan		Pakistan	Milk+meat
Kaghani		Hazara	meat
Kalahari Red		South Africa	meat
Kalbian		Australia	meat
Kamori		Sindh	milk
Kempic	Kempense	Belgium	milk	Kempense geit \| Steunpunt Levend Erfgoed (sle.be)
Kinder		United States	meat, milk
Kiko		New Zealand	meat
Korean Black		Korea	meat
Kri-kri	Cretan, Agrimi, or Cretan Ibex	Eastern Mediterranean	meat
American Lamancha	Lamancha	United States	meat, milk
Laoshan		Shandong	milk
Majorera	Fuerteventura	Canary Islands	milk
Malabari	Tellicherry goat	Malabar region	Meat, milk	^[11]
Maltese		Malta	milk
Massif Central		France	milk, Meat
Markhoz	Maraz	Iran	Mohair, milk
Messinese	Nebrodi	Province of Messina	milk	^[12]
Mini Oberhasli	Oberian, Miniature Oberhasli	Pacific Northwest US	milk
Mountain	Moxotó	Northeastern Brazil	meat
Murcia-Granada	Murciano Granadina	Southeastern Spain	milk
Murciana	Murcian, Murcien, Murciene, Royal Murciana	Murcia	meat, milk
Nachi		Punjab region	meat
Nigerian Dwarf		West Africa	milk
Nigora		United States	fiber, milk	^[13]
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	^[14]
Pygmy	African pygmy, American pygmy	Cameroon	meat, milk, Pet
Pygora		Oregon City	fiber
Pyrenean		France and Spain	meat, milk
Qinshan		Jining	goatskin
Red Boer		South Africa	meat, Pet
Red Mediterranean		Syria	milk	^[15]
Sokoto Red	Maradi Red, Red Sokoto	Nigeria and Niger Republic	Meat, Skin, milk	^[16]^[17]
Repartida		Northeastern Brazil	meat
Rove		France	meat
Russian White		Russia	milk
Saanen		Saanen	milk
Sable Saanen		United States	milk
Sahelian	Sahel	Sahel Belt of West Africa	Meat	^[18]
Valdostana		Italy	meat, milk
Sahelian		West Africa	Goatskin, meat, milk
San Clemente Island		San Clemente Island
Sarda		Sardinia	milk
Short-eared Somali	Abgal
Sirohi	Ajmeri, Devgarhi,Parvatsari	Sirohi Ajmer, Nagaur, Tonk, Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Chitorgarh, Udaipur, Rajasamand, Bhilwara, Jaipur and other districts of Rajasthan (India)	Meat and milk
Swedish Landrace		Northern Sweden	milk
Somali		Somalia, Djibouti and northeastern Kenya	milk, meat, goatskin
Spanish	Brush, scrub	Spain	meat
Stiefelgeiss		St. Gallen	meat
Surati		Maharashtra
Syrian Jabali	Syrian Mountain
Tauernscheck		Austria	milk
Thuringian		Thuringia	milk
Toggenburg		Toggenburg	milk
Uzbek Black		Uzbekistan	fiber
Valais Blackneck		Southern Switzerland	meat, milk
Vatani	Afghan native black
Verata		Vera	meat, milk
West African Dwarf	African dwarf	West and Central Africa
White Shorthaired		Czech Republic	milk
Xinjiang		Xinjiang	fiber, meat, milk	^[19]^[20]
Xuhai		Jiangsu	meat
Yemen Mountain		Yemen
Zalawadi	Tara bakari	Gujarat	fiber, meat, milk
Zhiwulin Black		Shaanxi	fiber, meat	^[21]^[20]
Zhongwei	Chung-wei, Chaungway, Chzhun'veiskaya	China	fiber, Pelt

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References

1 2 3 4 5 Porter, Valerie (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties.
↑ "Breeds of Goat". Assam Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium. 2005. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
↑ "Attappady Black Goats". Vechur Conservation Trust.
↑ "Auckland Island Goats: A Rare Breed of New Zealand Origin". New Zealand Rare Breeds. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
↑ "The Australian Brown". Dairy Goat Society of Australia.
↑ "Australian Heritage Angora Goats – PAIRS". Erinac.
↑ "The Australian Melaan". Dairy Goat Society of Australia.
↑ "MGBAA". Miniature Goat Breeders Association of Australia.
↑ "Drežniška koza / Slovenia (Goat)". fao-dadis-breed-detail.web.app. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
↑ Dr. Vijaya Salunke (2007). "Animal Resources". India: Human Environment. Geography Standard (Grade) IX. Pune: Secretary Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. p. 31.
↑ Verma, N; Dixit, S P; Dangi, P.s; Aggarwal, Rajeev; Kumar, Santhu; Joshi, B.K. (2009-08-01). "Malabari goats: Characterization, management, performance and genetic variability". Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 79: 813–818.
↑ "Messinese" (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
↑ "American Nigora Goat Breeders Association". American Nigora Goat Breeders Association. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
↑ "Pridonskaya goats". GeoMedia.Top. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
↑ "Rossa Mediterranea o Derivata di Siria" (in Spanish). Agraria.org. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
↑ Habibu, B.; Kawu, M.U.; Makun, H.J.; Aluwong, T.; Yaqub, L.S. (December 2016). "Seasonal variation in body mass index, cardinal physiological variables and serum thyroid hormones profiles in relation to susceptibility to thermal stress in goat kids". Small Ruminant Research. 145: 20–27. doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2016.10.023. ISSN 0921-4488.
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↑ Habibu, B.; Kawu, M.U.; Makun, H.J.; Aluwong, T.; Yaqub, L.S. (December 2016). "Seasonal variation in body mass index, cardinal physiological variables and serum thyroid hormones profiles in relation to susceptibility to thermal stress in goat kids". Small Ruminant Research. 145: 20–27. doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2016.10.023. ISSN 0921-4488.
↑ Breed data sheet: Xinjiang/China. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
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↑ Breed data sheet: Ziwuling Black/China. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Porter, Valerie (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties.

[2] "Breeds of Goat". Assam Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium. 2005. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2015.

[3] "Attappady Black Goats". Vechur Conservation Trust.

[4] "Auckland Island Goats: A Rare Breed of New Zealand Origin". New Zealand Rare Breeds. Retrieved December 23, 2012.

[5] "The Australian Brown". Dairy Goat Society of Australia.

[6] "Australian Heritage Angora Goats – PAIRS". Erinac.

[7] "The Australian Melaan". Dairy Goat Society of Australia.

[8] "MGBAA". Miniature Goat Breeders Association of Australia.

[9] "Drežniška koza / Slovenia (Goat)". fao-dadis-breed-detail.web.app. Retrieved 2021-11-10.

[10] Dr. Vijaya Salunke (2007). "Animal Resources". India: Human Environment. Geography Standard (Grade) IX. Pune: Secretary Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. p. 31.

[11] Verma, N; Dixit, S P; Dangi, P.s; Aggarwal, Rajeev; Kumar, Santhu; Joshi, B.K. (2009-08-01). "Malabari goats: Characterization, management, performance and genetic variability". Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 79: 813–818.

[12] "Messinese" (in Italian). Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2012.

[13] "American Nigora Goat Breeders Association". American Nigora Goat Breeders Association. Retrieved December 23, 2012.

[14] "Pridonskaya goats". GeoMedia.Top. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

[15] "Rossa Mediterranea o Derivata di Siria" (in Spanish). Agraria.org. Retrieved December 23, 2012.

[16] Habibu, B.; Kawu, M.U.; Makun, H.J.; Aluwong, T.; Yaqub, L.S. (December 2016). "Seasonal variation in body mass index, cardinal physiological variables and serum thyroid hormones profiles in relation to susceptibility to thermal stress in goat kids". Small Ruminant Research. 145: 20–27. doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2016.10.023. ISSN 0921-4488.

[17] Gall, C. (1996). Goat Breeds of the World. Margraf Publishing, Weikersheim,Germa.

[18] Habibu, B.; Kawu, M.U.; Makun, H.J.; Aluwong, T.; Yaqub, L.S. (December 2016). "Seasonal variation in body mass index, cardinal physiological variables and serum thyroid hormones profiles in relation to susceptibility to thermal stress in goat kids". Small Ruminant Research. 145: 20–27. doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2016.10.023. ISSN 0921-4488.

[19] Breed data sheet: Xinjiang/China. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.

[mason-20] 1 2 Porter, Valerie (ed.), Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's world dictionary of livestock breeds, types, and varieties 5th edition. Wallingford: CABI ISBN 085199430X. p. 160.

[21] Breed data sheet: Ziwuling Black/China. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.

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