Wild Goat Totally Explained

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The wild goat (Capra aegagrus) is a common species of goat, with a distribution ranging from Europe and Asia Minor to central Asia and the Middle East.

Social structure

In the wild, goats live in flocks of up to 500 individuals; males are solitary. Male goats go through a period called a rut, where they're ready to mate. During the rut old males drive younger males from the maternal herds. The gestation period averages 170 days. Does (females) usually give birth to one kid. Kids can follow the mother goat almost immediately after birth. Kids are weaned after 6 months. Female goats reach sexual maturity at 1.5-2.5 years, males at 3.5-4 years. The lifespan of a goat can be from 12 to 22 years.

Environmental problems caused by goats

Though wild goats are native to some areas introduction to new areas can be extremely destructive. On the Galapagos wild goats (descendents of the goats left by explorers) ate the native plants. This threw the ecosystem off, in order to correct this they were hunted to extinction on the islands. Though this may seem like an extreme measure, it was necessary to prevent native species' extinction.

Subspecies

Distribution

Afghanistan

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Cyprus

Georgia

Greece

India

Israel

Iran

Iraq

Italy

Lebanon

Oman

Pakistan

Russia

Slovakia

Syria

Turkey

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