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Like the goat, were you ever scared before? What did you do?​

Answer 1

The domestic goat or simply goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of C. aegagrus domesticated from the wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the animal family Bovidae and the subfamily Caprinae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. There are over 300 distinct breeds of goat.[1] It is one of the oldest domesticated species of animal, and has been used for milk, meat, fur and skins across much of the world.[2] Milk from goats is often turned into goat cheese.

Domestic goat

Temporal range: 0.01–0 Ma

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Neolithic–Recent

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A pygmy goat on a stump

Conservation status

Domesticated

Scientific classificatione

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Mammalia

Order:

Artiodactyla

Family:

Bovidae

Subfamily:

Caprinae

Genus:

Capra

Species:

C. aegagrus

Subspecies:

C. a. hircus

Trinomial name

Capra aegagrus hircus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758

Capra depressa Linnaeus, 1758

Capra mambrica Linnaeus, 1758

Capra reversa Linnaeus, 1758

Female goats are referred to as does or nannies, intact males are called bucks or billies and juvenile goats of both sexes are called kids. Castrated males are called wethers. While the words hircine and caprine both refer to anything having a goat-like quality, hircine is used most often to emphasize the distinct smell of domestic goats.

In 2011, there were more than 924 million goats living in the world, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.[3]