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[[image:Goat by Sans.jpg|thumb|Malabari goat]]<br />
'''Malabari goats''' are bred in the [[Malabar region|Malabar]] districts of [[Kerala]], and are sometimes called '''Tellicherry goats'''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2002/12/16/stories/2002121601670500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030405065047/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2002/12/16/stories/2002121601670500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-04-05|website=[[The Hindu]]|title='Malabari' goats under threat of extinction|date=2002-12-16|access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref> They are bred mostly for meat, but also produce milk. Females weigh an average of 30.68kg while males weigh 41.20kg, and their coats are white, black, or piebald.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286725005|title=Malabari goats: Characterization, management, performance and genetic variability|first1=N|last1=Verma|first2=S P|last2=Dixit|first3=P.s|last3=Dangi|first4=Rajeev|last4=Aggarwal|first5=Santhu|last5=Kumar|first6=B.K.|last6=Joshi|date=1 August 2009|journal=Indian Journal of Animal Sciences|volume=79|pages=813–818|via=ResearchGate}}</ref> Although they are similar to the [[Beetal goat]], Malabari goats weigh less, have shorter ears and legs, and have larger testicles.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1993-04-01|title=Distinction between Malabari and Beetal goat breeds|journal=Small Ruminant Research|language=en|volume=10|issue=3|pages=201–208|doi=10.1016/0921-4488(93)90124-Z|issn=0921-4488|last1=Bilaspuri|first1=G.S.|last2=Singh|first2=K.}}</ref> There was an effort to crossbreed the Malabari goats with [[Boer goat|Boer goats]], but this practice is controversial.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vechur.org/malabari-goats/|title=Malabari Goats {{!}} Vechur Conservation Trust|website=vechur.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Meat goat breeds]]</div>->Craigh5