Pygmy (UK goat breed)
Billy at Five Sisters Zoo, in West Lothian | |
| Conservation status | |
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| Other names | Pygmy Goat |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Standard | Pygmy Goat Club |
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| Horn status | may be horned in both sexes |
| Beard | males heavily bearded |
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The Pygmy is a British breed of dwarf goat. It is small, compact and generally stockily built. It was established in the 1980s by fusion of the various miniature goat populations of the United Kingdom into a single breed. These were of two principal types: a stocky achondroplastic type derived from the West African Dwarf group of breeds of West Africa; and a small but well-proportioned type derived from the Southern Sudan goat.: 402