Family: Caprinés

Weight: average adult weight of 35 kg.

Size: 65 cm at the withers

Coat: the coat is uniformly mahogany

Particularity: The Maradi Red Goat, branch of the little goat from Fouta Djallon, is characterized by a very marked individuality and enjoys a great reputation because of the market value of its skin. In Niger, estimates made in 1995 suggested that 40% of goats belonged to this breed, half purebred and half mixed. The red goat is very prolific and it is not uncommon to see litters of 2 to 3 young. Its skin is thin, supple and of remarkable solidity. The female is a good milkmaid. As the name suggests. Red goats have good dairy skills, resulting in increased udder development. Annual milk production is 140 to 150 kg of milk for 200 to 220 days of lactation (Robinet, 1967). It is an excellent butchery animal. Robinet (1971) estimates the carcass yield of young castrated males at 55% while at the national level the carcass yield of the red goat is estimated at 50% (National Livestock Reconstitution Program, 1980).

Distribution: Its range of dispersal covers southern Niger and northern Nigeria, but subtypes spill over to the West and to the East and as one moves away from the cradle of origin, the breed changes.