Nigora
# Nigora

The Nigora is an American breed of small or medium-sized dual-purpose goat, raised both for its milk and for its fiber. It is the result of cross-breeding Nigerian Dwarf bucks with does of mohair breeds such as the $Angora.^{:22}^{:325}$

## History

The Nigora is of recent creation: breeding started in 1994. A breed association, the American Nigora Goat Breeders Association, was formed in $2007.^{:22}$ Another association, the Nigora Goat Breeders Society, was active in 2014.

## Fiber

As with the Pygora breed, the fiber is classified into three types, A, B and C, depending on the length and type of the $fibers.^{:358}$ Type A is Angora-type mohair, long and lustrous; type B is "cashgora", which combines mohair with cashmere-type undercoat and is of medium length; type C is like cashmere and is $shorter.^{:49}$

