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Goat

Capra hircus

Classification

Family
Bovidae

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.

Distribution

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Chile · 23,529Spain · 1,107United States of America · 780United Kingdom · 738France · 463Germany · 400Netherlands · 363Sweden · 238Italy · 205Mexico · 152Ireland · 147Portugal · 63Canada · 45Argentina · 44Austria · 24Brazil · 22Belgium · 15Peru · 13Bolivia · 12Switzerland · 12Denmark · 11Iceland · 7Luxembourg · 5Cuba · 3Norway · 2Uruguay · 2