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any breed of goat that produces cashmere wool

thumb|The Anglo-Nubian is characterised by large, pendulous ears and a convex profile. thumb|Billy The Anglo-Nubian is a British breed of domestic goat. It originated in the nineteenth century from cross-breeding between native British goats and a mixed population of large lop-eared goats imported from India, the Middle East and North Africa. It is characterised by large, pendulous ears and a convex profile. It has been exported to many parts of the world, and is found in more than sixty countries. In many of them it is known simply as the Nubian.

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The Toggenburger or Toggenburg is a Swiss breed of dairy goat. Its name derives from that of the Toggenburg region of the Canton of St. Gallen, where it is thought to have originated. It is among the most productive breeds of dairy goat and is distributed world-wide, in about fifty countries in all five inhabited continents.

thumb|Jamnapari goat in Nepal Jamnapari, Jamunapari or Jumnapari is an Indian breed of domestic goat originating in the Braj region of Uttar Pradesh. It has been exported to Indonesia, where it is known as the Etawah. It is bred for both milk and meat. The name is derived from the Yamuna river.

The Girgentana or Nturcina is an Italian breed of domestic goat indigenous to the province of Agrigento, in the southern part of the Mediterranean island of Sicily. The name of the breed derives from , the name of Agrigento in local Sicilian language. There were in the past more than head in the hills and coastal zone of the province. In the twenty-first century the breed is in danger of disappearance.

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Valais Blackneck

thumb|Changpa nomad with a kid The Changthangi or Changpa is a breed of cashmere goat native to the high plateaus of Ladakh in northern India. It is closely associated with the nomadic Changpa people of the Changthang plateau. It may also be known as the Ladakh Pashmina or Kashmiri.

The Orobica or Valgerola is an Italian breed of domestic goat from the Val Gerola in the province of Sondrio, in the Bergamo Alps of northern Italy. It is raised in the Val Gerola and the Valchiavenna in the province of Sondrio, in the Alto Lario Occidentale, the Valsassina and the Val Varrone in the province of Como, and in the upper Val Brembana in the Province of Bergamo. The origins of the breed are unknown; it is first documented at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Orobica is one of the eight autochthonous Italian goat breeds for which a genealogical herd-book is kept by the As

dairy goat breed

Chamois Coloured Goat

West African Dwarf

West African breed of goat

alt=Image of two Beetal Goats in Faisalabad, Panjab - Pakistan.|thumb|Beetal goats at a local breeder's in Faisalabad District|Faisalabad, Punjab - Pakistan. thumb|Beetal goat The Beetal goat is a breed from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, used for milk and meat production. It is similar to the Jamnapari goat and the Malabari goat.

Golden Guernsey

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Thuringian Goat

American Lamancha

American breed of goat

Red Mediterranean

Argentata dell'Etna

Altai Mountain Goat

thumb|The bataille des chèvres at Challand-Saint-Anselme The Valdostana (It.) or Chamoisée valdôtaine (Fr.) is an Italian breed of domestic goat from the autonomous region of Aosta Valley in north-western Italy, from which it takes its name. It is characterised by large sabre-shaped horns, which it uses in combat in the traditional local sport of goat-fighting.

Bionda dell'Adamello

Australian Cashmere Goat

The Murciano-Granadina is a Spanish breed of dairy goat. It was created in 1975 when two existing breeds, the mahogany-coloured Murciana of Murcia and the black Granadina of Granada, began to be hybridised as a result of the official recognition of a single flock-book including both breeds. It is the most important dairy goat breed of Spain, with more than 500,000 milking females. It originated in the semi arid areas in south eastern Spain, including parts of Murcia, Almería, Granada and Alicante. They were bred for two main traits, milk production and its ability to continue this production i