List of goat breeds

This is a list of goat breeds. There are many recognized breeds of domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus). 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 goats, so there is some crossover between lists.

List

Name	Picture	Alternate Name	Origin	Purpose	References
Abaza	---	Abkhasian, Abkhazskaya	NE Turkey	Milk, Meat
Abergelle
Adamello blond		Bionda dell'Adamello
Afar		Abyssinian short-eared, Adal, Danakil
Agew			Ethiopia
Agrupación de las Mesetas			Spain
Albatinah			Oman
Algarvia			Portugal
Aljabal Alakhdar			Oman
Alpine		Alpine polychrome, American Alpine, French Alpine	French Alps	Milk
Altai Mountain	---	---	Altai Republic	Fiber
Anatolian Black Goat	---	Adi Keçi	Turkey	Fiber, Milk
Andaman local
Anglo-Nubian		Nubian	Great Britain	Fiber, Milk
Angora		---	Central Anatolia Region	Fiber
Appenzell Goat		---	Switzerland	Milk
Aradi		Aardi, A'ardiyah
Arapawa		---	Arapawa Island	---
Argentata dell'Etna	---	---	Sicily	Milk
Arsi-Bale	---	---	Ethiopia	---
Asmari	---	---	Afghanistan	Fiber
Aspromonte
Assam Hill	---	---	India	---
Aswad	---	---	Saudi Arabia	---
Attappady black			India
Attaouia			Morocco
Auckland Island	---	---	Auckland Island	Meat
Australian brown			Australia
Australian Cashmere		---	Australia	Fiber
Australian Heritage Angora			Australia
Australian Melaan			Australia
Australian Miniature Goat		---	Australia	Pet / milk
Azpi Gorri
Azul			NE Brazil
Bagot	---	---	Rhone	---
Banatian White	---	---	Banat	---
Barbari		---	India, Pakistan	Meat
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		---	Bangladesh	Reproduction, Meat, Skin
Boer		Africander, Afrikaner	South Africa	Meat, Reproduction
Booted	---	---	Switzerland	Meat, Milk
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
Chamois Coloured goat		Chamoisee	Switzerland	Meat, Milk
Changthangi		Pashmina	Tibet	Fiber, Meat
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, Skin, Fiber
Duan	---	---	Guangxi	Meat
Dutch Landrace		---	Netherlands	Milk
Dutch Toggenburg	---	---	Netherlands	Milk
Erzgebirge		---	Saxony	Milk
Fainting		Myotonic	United States	Meat
Finnish Landrace		---	Finland	Milk
Garganica	---	Agrigentina	Gargano	Milk, Skin
Girgentana		---	Northern Afghanistan, Balochistan, and Kashmir	Milk
Göingeget	---	---	Sweden	---
Golden Guernsey		---	Guernsey	Milk
Grisons Striped	---	---	Switzerland	Milk
Guddi	---	---	Himalayas	---
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	Norway	Pet
Irish		---	Ireland	Meat, Milk
Jamnapari	---	Jamunapari	India	Milk
Jining Grey	---	---	Shandong	Fiber, Skin
Jonica	---	---	Province of Taranto	Milk
Kaghani	---	---	Hazara	Meat
Kalahari Red		---	South Africa	Meat
Kalbian		---	Australia	Meat
Kamori		---	Sindh	Milk
Kinder		---	United States	Meat, Milk
Kiko	---	---	New Zealand	Meat
Korean Black Goat	---	---	Korea	Meat
Kri-kri		Cretan, Agrimi, or Cretan Ibex	Eastern Mediterranean	Meat
La Mancha		American Lamancha	La Mancha	Meat, Milk
Laoshan	---	---	Shandong	Milk
Majorera	---	Fuerteventura	Canary Islands	Milk
Maltese	---	---	Malta	Milk
Massif Central	---	---	France	Milk, Meat
Messinese		Nebrodi	Province of Messina	Milk
Mini Oberhasli		Oberian, Miniature Oberhasli	Pacific Northwest US	Milk
Mountain Goat		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 goat		---	United States	Fiber, Milk
North American Cashmere
Norwegian	---	---	Norway	Meat, Milk
Oberhasli		Swiss Alpine	Oberhasli	Milk
Orobica	---	---	Bergamo Alps	Milk
Peacock	---	---	Switzerland	Milk
Philippine	---	---	Philippines	Meat
Poitou		---	Western France	Milk
Pygmy		African pygmy, American pygmy	Cameroon	Meat, Milk, Pet
Pygora		---	Oregon City	Fiber
Pyrenean		---	France and Spain	Meat, Milk
Qinshan	---	---	Jining	Skin
Red Boer	---	---	South Africa	Meat, Pet
Red Mediterranean	---	---	Syria	Milk
Repartida	---	---	Northeastern Brazil	Meat
Rove		---	France	Meat
Russian White	---	---	Russia	Milk
Saanen		---	Saanen	Milk
Sable Saanen	---	---	United States	Milk
Sahelian	---	---	West Africa	Goatskin, Meat, Milk
San Clemente Island		---	San Clemente Island	---
Sarda	---	---	Sardinia	Milk
Short-eared Somali		Abgal
Sirohi	---	Ajmeri	--	---
Swedish Landrace	---	---	Northern Sweden	Milk
Somali		---	Somalia, Djibouti and northeastern Kenya	Milk, Meat, Skin
Spanish		Brush, scrub	Spain	Meat
Stiefelgeiss		---	St. Gallen	Meat
Surati	---	---	Maharashtra	---
Syrian Mountain goat
Tauernsheck		---	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
Xuhai	---	---	Jiangsu	Meat
Yemen Mountain	---	---	Yemen	---
Zalawadi	---	Tara bakari	Gujarat	Fiber, Meat, Milk
Zhiwulin Black	---	---	Shaanxi	Fiber, Meat
Zhongwei	---	---	China	Fiber, Skin

See also

• List of sheep breeds
• List of cattle breeds
• List of domestic goat breeds

Bibliography

• 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)