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.

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Name	Image	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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Bibliography[edit]

• Ekarius, Carol (2008). Storey's Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Pigs. Storey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60342-036-5.
• "Goat Breeds". Breeds of Livestock. Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animal Science.
• Introduction to Common Goat Breeds Mother Earth News
• Raising Goats for Dummies (Wiley, 2010)