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Domestic Goats

Capra aegagrus hircus

Photo by LaurieWinters
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Field Notes

Description:

The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of goat.[

Notes:

These were taken at a petting zoo in South Carolina.

The video shows some small goats playing. Standing up, dancing towards each other and butting heads.

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Comments (4)

Nice mammals, you could put that in the Mammals of the south eastern United States mission.
Love the babies playing together! Great captures!
Thank you Alice. I think it's so funny how the small goats seem to dance.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2011

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