About
The goat is a small, hardy, and famously curious grazer, prized for its adaptability and its willingness to eat a wider variety of plants than most other farm animals.
Livestock
Goat
Capra aegagrus hircus
Goats graze freely across the property, easygoing company for anyone walking through.
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Bovidae
At a Glance
Quick Facts
- Life Span
- 15 - 18 years
- Size
- 45 - 90 cm at the shoulder, depending on breed
- Diet
- Herbivore - grasses, shrubs, and leaves
- Habitat
- Pasture, scrubland, and rocky terrain
- Native Range
- Domesticated worldwide from wild goats of the Middle East and Central Asia
- Trivia
- Goats have rectangular pupils, which give them a wide field of view.
Curious Climbers
Goats are compact, sure-footed animals known for their curiosity and agility — traits that let their wild relatives move confidently across steep, rocky terrain. Their eyes have rectangular pupils, which give them an unusually wide field of view, useful for spotting predators from almost every direction while their head is down feeding.
Diet and Daily Life
Goats are browsers rather than strict grazers, meaning they favor shrubs, leaves, and woody plants as much as grass. This flexible appetite lets goats thrive on land that would offer little to more selective grazing animals, and it is part of why they have historically been kept in so many different environments.
Social and Family Life
Goats are herd animals that establish a clear pecking order among the group, often through head-to-head sparring. Kids (baby goats) can stand and move within minutes of birth and quickly begin following the herd, staying close to their mothers in the early months.
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