Domestic Goat

Domestic goats are adaptable bovids maintained throughout the world in agricultural and pastoral settings. Their agility allows them to use steep, rocky, brushy, and mountainous land as well as conventional pasture. Breeds vary in size, coloration, horn form, and the production of milk, meat, fiber, or hides. Goats are social animals that establish dominance relationships and communicate using visual displays, vocalizations, touch, scent, and reproductive chemical signals. (Animal Diversity Web)

Goats are ruminant herbivores that browse shrubs and leaves while also grazing grasses and eating supplied roughage. They selectively choose plants and often avoid grass contaminated with feces. Mating generally occurs from late summer through early winter. Females produce one to three kids after gestation lasting approximately 4.83 to 5.07 months. Mothers nurse and protect their young, which are commonly weaned after four to five months and become independent at around ten months. (Animal Diversity Web)