Angora Goats

The goats are normally white, but may also be black, brown or grey

The Angora is a moderately small goat, standing about 50 cm at the withers.

 It is slender, elegant and light-framed;the head is small, with semi-lop ears. It is usually horned; in billies the horns are commonly long, twisted and strong.With the exception of the face and legs, the animal is entirely covered in a coat of long ringlets of fine and lustrous mohair.

This is not goat hair as seen on other breeds, but the down or undercoat which, in this breed only, grows much longer than the outer hair coat. The face and coat are normally white, but – particularly in southern Turkey – black, brown and grey animals also occur.

The goats are reared either for mohair or for their goat's meat.

Mohair is not as fine as cashmere, but yields are much higher. Unlike cashmere, which is obtained by combing the coat of the goat, mohair is obtained by shearing; this is commonly done twice per year. In 2010 approximately half of all mohair production was in South Africa;

 Argentina and Lesotho were also major producers, followed by the United States, Turkey, Australia and New Zealand.

In some other countries the Angora is reared for its meat, which is succulent and tender, and which in the early twentieth century was described as the best of its kind in the world.