Species group · Mammals
Goats
WAnimals has 5 species of goat, all in the family Bovidae.
- 5 species
- 1 family
- 23 countries
- 45 parks
- Weight
- 17 kg – 140 kg
- Length
- 1 m – 1.7 m
- Lifespan
- 12 – 15 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 5.
All 5 species of goats on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 23 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
Did you know…
Its name of bezoar ibex comes from bezoars, concretions of hair and plant fibre that form in its stomach and that were sold in Europe for centuries as a universal antidote to poison.
From Bezoar
The Cretan populations, known as kri-kri, are probably descended from domestic animals taken to the island thousands of years ago and later gone feral.
From Bezoar
Every ibex in the Alps today descends from a relict core of about 100 animals.
From Alpine Ibex
It can leap and follow its mother from its first day of life.
From Alpine Ibex
It is markedly sexually dimorphic: males can weigh more than three times as much as females.
From Alpine Ibex
It has recovered in areas such as Sierra Nevada and Cazorla-Segura.
From Iberian Wild Goat
It grazes and browses a wide range of mountain plants.
From Iberian Wild Goat
It lives in mountain country above 800 m with rocky outcrops in the Iberian Peninsula.
From Iberian Wild Goat