all Beard Description Traits

Sex Mean SD SE SS Trait Value Locationsort descending MC
Overall Beards occur on 92% males and 52% of females. Ruffs occur only on 33% of males. About half of the females and 75.5% of males in Sidamo are bearded, but in the agro-pastoral areas beards on females are less frequent (38.7%). Wattles are present in 14% of m Arsis, Gishe, Sidama, Manta, Awarch, Ethiopia On Farm
Overall Present in both sexes. Bantu, Matabeleland., Zimbabwe
Overall Appears on both sexes Bechuanaland (but obsolete)., Niger On Farm
Overall Most (82%) males have a beard. Most (99%) males have a ruff. Wattles are present on 6% of males. Brown Goat, Ethiopia On Farm
Overall Most males and some females are bearded. Chevre Commune, Chevre Locale, Long-hair goat, Short-hair goat, Burundi
Male A beard is present on 72% of males. Ruffs are absent. Wattles are present on 14% of goats. Kotu-Oromo, Ethiopia On Farm
Overall Beards were observed in 66% of males and 7% of the females. Wattles were observed in 6% of males and 3% of females. Ruffs occur in 21% of males but never in females. Large-White Somali, Digodi, Melebo, Boran Somali, Benadir, Gigwain, Ethiopia
Overall Both sexes have beard Lebanese Jabali, Western Sahara
Overall Most males have a longish beard and beards are carried by a proportion of mature females. Mashona, Small East African., Zimbabwe
Overall All males and 12% of females carry beards Mozambique (Landim=Landrace in Portuguese); Small East African., Mozambique On Station