American Pygmy

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American pygmy
FAO (2007): endangered[1]: 142 
  • DAD-IS (2023): at risk[2]
    • Other names
    • Pygmy Goat
    • African Pygmy[3]: 355 
    Country of originUnited States
    StandardNational Pygmy Goat Association
    Traits
    Weight
    • 23–39 kg[3]: 355 
    Height
    • 40–50 cm[3]: 355 
    Horn statushorned in both sexes
    Beard
    • male: abundant
    • female: absent or sparse
  • Capra hircus

    • The American Pygmy is an American

    companion animals and established as a breed in 1975.[3]: 355 [5]
    : 40 

    It may also be known as the Pygmy or African Pygmy. It is quite different and separate from the British Pygmy breed.

    History

    Between about 1930 and 1960 a variety of small goats of the

    herd book started in the same year.[3]: 355 [5]
    : 39 

    In 2007 the

    Livestock Conservancy.[6]

    Two modern American breeds derive in part from the American Pygmy: the

    Angora stock.[3]: 355 [5]
    : 40 

    Characteristics

    The American Pygmy is small and stocky, with heavy bone: height at the withers is usually in the range 40 to 50 cm (16 to 20 in), with weights of the order of 25 to 40 kg (55 to 90 lb).[3]: 355  Seven color variations are recognised in the breed standard: caramel with black markings, caramel with brown markings, brown agouti, grey agouti, black agouti, black with white markings, and solid black.[7]

    It is

    precocious – kids may become sexually mature at two months. Gestation normally lasts 145–153 days.[8]

    Use

    The American Pygmy is reared for

    immunological research.[9]: 1 [10]
    : 21 

    References

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to American Pygmy Goat.
    1. ^
      ISBN 9789251057629
      . Archived 23 June 2020.
    2. ^ a b c d Breed data sheet: American Pygmy / United States of America (Goat). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2023.
    3. ^
      ISBN 9781780647944
      .
    4. ISBN 9780813820620
      , pages 21–38.
    5. ^
      ISBN 9780300138139
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    6. ^ Conservation Priority List The Livestock Conservancy. Archived 24 August 2019.
    7. ^ NPGA Breed Standard. National Pygmy Goat Association. Accessed December 2019.
    8. ^ Normal Values. National Pygmy Goat Association. Accessed December 2019.
    9. ^ D.R. Lincicome, A.G. Hall (1984). The Pygmy. In: George Friedrich Wilhelm Haenlein, Donald L. Ace (editors) (1984). Extension Goat Handbook. Washington, D.C.: Extension Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Section B-7: 1–4.
    10. ISSN 1084-2020
      . (subscription required).



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