Goat

: This article is about goats, the animals. For the web comic, see Goats (comic).

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See Species and subspecies

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A goat is an mammal in the genus Capra, which consists of nine species: the Ibex, the West Caucasian Tur, the East Caucasian Tur, the Markhor, and the Wild Goat.

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The animal most commonly known as a "goat" is the domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus), a domesticated subspecies of the Wild Goat. Goats are bovids (members of the family Bovidae) and caprins (SubFamily Caprinae). Goats are ruminants, meaning they chew cud. These animals have a four chambered stomach which plays a vital role in digesting, reguritating and re-digesting their food.

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A male goat is called a buck or billy, and a female is called a doe or nanny. Young goats are called kids.

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The Rocky Mountain Goat, despite its name, is not considered a true goat by scientists as it belongs to the genus Oreamnos.

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Genus: :...

Species: In biology, the most commonly used definition of species was first coined by Ernst Mayr. Species are "groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations which are reproductively isolated from other such groups" (however, see other definitions of species below)....

Ibex: Capra ibex...

Goat related Images and Photos (experimental)

Goat	Goat Friends	The Goat	Mountain Goat Mt. Evans CO
A Single Goat	Mountain Goat (Oreamnos Americanus) Colorado USA	The Goat of Summer's Past	Goat's Cheese Tarts with Puff Pastry
The Goat Or Who Is Sylvia - Broadway Poster	A Dead Goat Floating in Water	Mountain Goat Young (Oreamnos Americanus) Rocky Mountains North America	A Billy Goat at a Reenactment Event