{"id":25114,"date":"2012-11-02T15:51:59","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T14:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/mammals\/goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus\/"},"modified":"2012-11-02T16:02:56","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T15:02:56","slug":"goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/mammals\/goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus\/","title":{"rendered":"Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep: both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-193-25114\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1331\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus\/goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus-9.jpg\" title=\"Feral Goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) on Goat Island, Roaringwater Bay, West Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Feral Goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) on Goat Island, Roaringwater Bay, West Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus\/thumbs\/thumbs_goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1330\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus\/goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus-8.jpg\" title=\"Feral Goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) on Goat Island, Roaringwater Bay, West Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Feral Goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) on Goat Island, Roaringwater Bay, West Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus\/thumbs\/thumbs_goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) 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(Capra aegagrus hircus) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus\/thumbs\/thumbs_goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1324\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus\/goat-capra-aegagrus-hircus-2.jpg\" title=\"Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) at Eggersriet SG, 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