Skip to main content
Please wait...
IMAGE INFORMATION

A skin of the goat of Angora

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

By 1799

Primary Source Reference:

Natural History Lecture No. 9 (1799), Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Notes:

Angora or Ankara[a] is a Turkish breed of domesticated goat. It produces the lustrous fibre known as mohair. It is widespread in many countries of the world.

Specimen Type:

Individual parts (bones, claws, horns, teeth, other)

Current Common Name:

Angora goat

Current Scientific Name

Capra hircus