Feral Goat

Common Name: Feral Goat / Wild Goat 

Family Name: Bovidae 

Scientific Name: Capra hircus 

Status: Introduced, Not Protected

Average Size: 80cm, 50kg

Average Lifespan: 10 years

Litter: 2 to 3

Gestation: 150 days

Weaned: 2 to 3 months

Background: Mediterranean basin, including Turkey, Iran and Pakistan, introduced into Australia as farming meat and milk animals in 1788

Breeding: Polygyny mating system, can produce 2 litters per year.

Impacts: cause significant environmental and agricultural damage by competing with native wildlife and livestock, damaging habitats through overgrazing, and contributing to soil erosion and weed spread. They also compete with livestock for resources, damage fences, reservoirs and vectors for diseases such as footrot, foot-and-mouth disease, posing a serious threat to livestock and native animals

Feeding: leaves, twigs, bark, flowers, fruit, roots, plant litter, seeds, and fungi