The Sahelian goat is a breed of goat from West Africa, used mainly for meat and skin production. It is also known by some other names such asCheèvreBarioRée,Fulani,Gorane,Nioro,Niafounké,Sahélienne,Sahel和西非（非洲西部n Longlegged.
The Sahelian goat belongs to the Savanna group of goats with many types and sub-types raised in the Saharan and sub-Saharan region. Sahelian type of goat is distributed in north and northwest of Mali.
The Sahelian goat is most suited to desert or semi desert environments and is intolerant of areas with high humidity. The breed is widely distributed in the arid and semi-arid zones of the Sahel, north of the 12°N parallel from central Chad in the east to the Atlantic coast in the west and well into the southern Sahara. This is the most suitable place, where most of the world’s Sahelian goats will be found.
虽然其中一些数字goat breed也可以在世界其他地方找到。尤其是在有合适的环境或条件的这样的领域，例如澳大利亚。
Sahelian山羊不是耐锥虫的山羊品种。而且它们通常不会在森林和茂密的萨凡纳（Savannah）中生存。它们是非常强大的动物，只有在沙漠环境中才能找到并且能够生存得很好。
他们尤其适应to a nomadic life and can fed on a variety of vegetation found within their native regions. Read more information about the Sahelian goat below.
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塞赫利安Goat Characteristics
塞赫利安goat is a small sized animal. They are thin in appearance with narrow body, shallow chest and sloping short croup. They have stiff short hair with variety of colors.
Their color vary from pure white, cream to red, black or gray sprinkled or pied, gray, brown or black. They have long legs, and pendent or semi-pendulous ears.
Both bucks and does have horns. And most of them (about 70 percent) have wattles. Udder as well as scrotum in males split into two halves.
Average height of the adult Sahelian buck is about 70-85cm, and 65-75cm for does. The bucks on average weight about 38.5 to 56.7 kg, and average weight of the does is about 25 to 34 kg. Information formBreeds of Livestock，动物科学系，OSU和照片食品和农业部, Republic of Ghana.
用途
The Sahelian goat is a multi-purpose goat breed. It is a goodmeat goat breed, good for skin production, and also very rarely raised for milk.
特殊考虑
萨赫勒山羊是非常强壮的动物。他们非常适合沙漠环境。第一的开玩笑occurs usually about 18 months of age. And the does will produce one or two kids per开玩笑.
The Sahelian does mostly produce one kid (almost 70 percent), and their lactation period is usually 5-6 months. Review full breed profile of the Sahelian goat in the table below.
| Breed Name | 塞赫利安 |
| 其他名字 | 还以其他一些名字来称呼，例如CheèvreBarioLée，Fulani，Gorane，Nioro，Niafounké，Sahélienne，Sahel和West African Longlegged。 |
| Breed Purpose | 肉，牛奶，皮肤 |
| 繁殖大小 | Small |
| Buck | About 38.5-56.7 kg |
| Doe | 约25-34公斤 |
| Horns | 是的 |
| Climate Tolerance | Desert Climates |
| 外套颜色 | Many |
| 适合摊位喂养 | 不 |
| 稀有 | 常见的 |
| 国家/起源地 | 西非（非洲西部 |
