Black Bengal Breed

Black Bengal is also known as Bengal, Desi. The breed derived its name from its native habitat -the West Bengal state of India. The breed is distributed throughout West Bengal and adjoining parts of neighbouring states viz. Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Assam, and Tripura. Skins of this breed are of excellent quality and are highly-priced. The breed is predominantly black, brown, grey, and white are also found. The horns are small in size (<15), directed upward and sometimes backward. Small-legged goat, hair coat is short and lustrous, nose line is slightly depressed are distinguishable characters in this breed. The average body weight of this breed is 32.37 kg.