Dutch Landrace goat

Dutch Landrace
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk: 82 
  • DAD-IS (2020): at risk/endangered
Other names
Country of originThe Netherlands
DistributionThe Netherlands
StandardLandelijke Fokkersclub Nederlandse Landgeiten (in Dutch)
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    average 75 kg
  • Female:
    average 60 kg
Height
  • Male:
    79 cm
  • Female:
    67 cm
Coat
  • black
  • blue
  • brown
  • grey
  • white
  • "wild-coloured": 376 
Horn statuslyre-shaped, scimitar or twisted; may reach 100 cm in length: 376 
Beardyes
  • Goat
  • Capra aegagrus hircus

The Dutch Landrace is a traditional Dutch breed of domestic goat. It has been known in the Netherlands since the seventeenth century,: 376  and was formerly numerous there. It came close to extinction in the 1950s, but was saved by cross-breeding with unrelated goats, and by 2020 numbered over 2000 head.

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