Goat: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Capra

Photos and Videos

Photograph of an Angora goat in pasture.

Light brown goat with long, floppy ears and a white stripe on its face stands on grass, facing slightly to the left.

Oberhasli goat.

Toggenburg goat.

Common goat (Capra hircus)

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