Domestic Goat
Capra hircus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 6,043
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
Description
The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (C. aegagrus) of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Goat”.