capra domestica

Also known as domestic goat, goats, Capra hircus, C. hircus, Capra aegagrus hircus, C. aegagrus hircus, C. a. hircus

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The goat, scientifically known as *Capra aegagrus hircus*, is a subspecies of the Wild Goat. It is classified as a productive animal and serves as a source for goat milk and goat meat. The organism possesses horns and is distinct from Koza.

Biological records indicate a heart rate of 75, a gestation period of 22, and a litter size of 2. The period of lactation lasts 305 days, with a life expectancy of 15 years and a longest observed lifespan of 20.8. The taxon is described in sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and the New International Encyclopedia.

The subject appears in the Commons category "Goats" and is associated with the Unicode character 🐐. It is referenced by 3,617 other encyclopedia articles. In PubMed, the query for goat yields a count of 55,371.

Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, iNaturalist, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

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Observations118,116

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Research

55,371 papers

The Portuguese Serrana goat breed: a review.ReviewTropical animal health and production · 2021Sacarrão-Birrento L, de Almeida AMDOI: 10.1007/s11250-020-02553-7
Goat's milk.Journal of the Royal Society of Health · 1986Matthews JDOI: 10.1177/146642408610600342
Performance of Black Bengal goat: a 50-year review.ReviewTropical animal health and production · 2021Hossain MEDOI: 10.1007/s11250-020-02477-2
Listeriosis in a goat herd.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2023Liu Z
Biotechnological advances in goat reproduction.ReviewJournal of animal science · 1997Amoah EA, Gelaye SDOI: 10.2527/1997.752578x
Review on the status of goat production, marketing, challenges and opportunities in Namibia.ReviewTropical animal health and production · 2020Marius LN, Shipandeni MNT, Togarepi CDOI: 10.1007/s11250-020-02468-3
Meat goat production and marketing.ReviewJournal of animal science · 1995Glimp HADOI: 10.2527/1995.731291x
Goat's milk allergy.Allergologia et immunopathologia · 2007Tavares B, Pereira C, Rodrigues F et al.DOI: 10.1157/13106780

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Subclass of: productive animal
Has part: horn
Parent taxon: Wild Goat
Image: Billy goat.jpg
Life expectancy: 15
Has use: milk

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Unicode character: 🐐
Commons category: Goats
topic's main category: Category:Goats
taxon common name: koza
heart rate: 75
period of lactation: 305
gestation period: 22
litter size: 2
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
taxon rank: subspecies
taxon name: Capra aegagrus hircus
longest observed lifespan: 20.8

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Article · Italiano

La capra domestica (Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758 o, per alcuni autori, Capra aegagrus hircus) è il discendente addomesticato dell'egagro (Capra aegagrus) dell'Asia Minore e dell'Est europeo. L'esemplare maschio è detto becco, capro, caprone o, più raramente, irco.

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