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Capra hircus

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Kuebi = Armin Kübelbeck · CC BY-SA 3.0

Overview

The goat or domestic goat is a species of caprine that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae and is closely related to the sheep. It was one of the first animals to be domesticated, in Iran around 10,000 years ago.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Goat — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): ஆடு — CC BY-SA 4.0
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