Domestic Goat (Capra hircus)
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About Domestic Goat (Capra hircus)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Mammals
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
- Family: Bovids
The goat or domestic goat is a species of goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. It was one of the first animals to be domesticated, in Iran around 10,000 years ago.
Source: Wikipedia
Visits
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2006-04-01
Olympos Mountains National Park, Turkey -
2008-08-29
Pier 94, United States of America -
2011-01-09
Yabello, EthiopiaMore goats in the area than blades of grass. Fenced off areas in Ethiopia had very noticably more ground cover. -
2011-01-20
Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia -
2015-03-24
Las Penitas, Spain -
2015-03-27
Monte El Cedro, Spain -
2024-02-26
Amami-Oshima , Japan
