Posted by punnya on May 4, 2013, 4:42 p.m.
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"Billy goat" redirects here. For the Lance Corporal in the Royal Welsh, see William Windsor (goat). For the urban legend, see Curse of the Billy Goat. For the band, see Billy Goat (band).
This article is about the domesticated species. For other species, see Capra (genus). For other uses, see Goat (disambiguation).
| Domestic Goat | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
Domesticated | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Capra |
| Species: | C. aegagrus |
| Subspecies: | C. a. hircus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Capra aegagrus hircus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms | |