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Arapawa Goatl
Capra hircus hircus arapawa
IUCN Status: Listed on the New Zealand Rare Breeds register.
Size: Smaller than modern milking breeds.
Habitat and distribution: Arapawa island in New Zealand.
Groups and breeding: These goats have two or three kids every other year unless they lose a kid.
Diet: Leaves and some plants.
- Arapawa Goats are thought to be descendants of animals brought on the first ships to visit New Zealand..
- These goats are probably descendents of the ‘Olde English Milche Goat' from Britain.
- The Arapawa Goat can jump nearly 2 metres.
- These are a rare breed and even more threatened as they live only on one island and are being destroyed by the New Zealand Forestry Service as they may threaten a rare snail also found on the island.
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