Angora goat

Angora
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk: 145 
  • DAD-IS (2021): not at risk
Other names
  • Angora Goat
  • Ankara Kecisi
  • Tiftik-Kecisi
  • Mohair goat
  • Sybokke (South Africa)
Country of originTurkey
Distributionworldwide
Use
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    45 kg (99 lbs)
  • Female:
    35 kg (77 lbs)
Height
  • Male:
    66 cm
  • Female:
    51 cm
Wool colourusually white; also black, brown or grey
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus hircus

The Angora or Ankara is a Turkish breed of domesticated goat. It produces the lustrous fibre known as mohair. It is widespread in many countries of the world. Many breeds derive from it, among them the Indian Mohair, the Soviet Mohair, the Angora-Don of the Russian Federation and the Pygora in the United States.: 358 

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