Country
Specie
ISO3
NOR
Language
nor.
Other name
Rangeing Goat
Breed classification (adaptedness)
Native
Breed classification (geographic)
Local
Adaptability to specific environment
This breed lives outdoors the whole year around, except for a couple of months just after kidding. During this period the goats and kids are kept indoors during the night and the goats are let out during the day for grazing. This management system is to p
Special characteristic of product
This breed is kept only for meat-production. And the main product is meat from four-year-old castrates.
Color comments
multi coloured: white with brown or black markings
Number of horns males
2
Number of horns females
2
Herdbook
n
Domestication status
domestic
Taxonomic classification
Breed
Description of origin
Local breed kept for meat-production on the islands of the western coast of Norway. The year of origin is unknown, but it is believed that this kind of management system is more than 100 years old, maybe several hundreds of years old.
Import
none
Location within country
In Selje in the county of Sogn og Fjordane.
Local cryo conservation status
Not Sufficient
Local Risk
At Risk
Detailed local risk status
Endangered
