all Ear Type Traits

Sex Mean SD SE SS Trait Valuesort descending Location MC
Overall Short to medium length, pricked forward and upward. Unspecified-1402883403, Uganda
Overall Short to medium length, pricked forward and upward. Chevre Commune, Chevre Locale, Long-hair goat, Short-hair goat, Burundi
Male Short to medium, pricked sideways and slightly forwards and upwards. Galla, Ethiopia
Overall Short vistigial ears Danakil, Adal, Ethiopia On Station
Overall Short, medium width and usually carried horizontally; rather longer and semi-pendulous in Niger, longer also in Bornu White. Nigerian, Red Skin, Sokoto Red, Kano Brown (Kyasuwa), Katsina Light Brown, Mambilla, Bornu White, Buduma (in Chad), Damagaran dapple-grey , Nigeria
Overall Small and fine. Unspecified-1402883424, Morocco
Overall Small and not pendant. Unspecified-1402883374, Ethiopia
Overall Small and not pendulous. Unspecified-1402883497, Kenya On Farm
Overall The ear is horizontal (64% in females, 66.8% in males) and semi-pendulous (22% in females, 16% in males). Vestigial ears, which are not found in other goat types, occurred concentrated in one site, Dollo, in Borana. The mean±SD ear length in males and fem Large-White Somali, Digodi, Melebo, Boran Somali, Benadir, Gigwain, Ethiopia
Overall The ears are fairly long. About 10% have a semi-pendulous ear form, the rest being erect or horizontal. Ear length (mean±SD) was 14.1±1.3 cm in males and 14.0±1.3 cm in females. Arsis, Gishe, Sidama, Manta, Awarch, Ethiopia On Farm