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Saanen Goat
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Taken on Holy
Isle Arran on 14th August 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma
150-500 mm zoom lens.
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| Saanen Goat. |
| Species: Order: Family: A.K.A. |
Capra aegagrus hircus.. Artiodactyla. Bovidae |
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Anywhere.
Requires
shade against the sun It has white skin and a short white coat; some small pigmented areas may be tolerated. It may be horned or hornless, and tassels may be present. The profile may be straight or somewhat concave; the ears are erect and point upwards and forwards. 90 cm at the withers. It takes its name from the Saanental in the Bernese Oberland, in the southern part of the Canton of Bern, in western Switzerland. It is a highly productive dairy goat and is distributed in more than eighty countries worldwide. |