THE ANIMALS

Dwarf Goat

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DWARF GOAT

Capra aegagrus hircus

Class

Mammals

 

Order

Artiodactyls

 

Family

Bovids

 

Origin

Somalia, originally had a uniform brown coat

 

Diet

Herbivore

 

Curiosity

The goat is a polygastric ruminant, meaning it has multiple stomachs, one of which is the rumen: its feeding behavior involves quickly ingesting food to chew it later in a quiet place. It therefore has a digestive system divided into four consecutive cavities, of which only the last one is similar to the stomach of monogastric animals.

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