-Crossing of British goats with bucks of African and Indian origin
-For meat, milk and hide production
-Relatively large, proud, and graceful dairy goat
-Named for Nubia, in northeastern Africa. The originally goats imported from Africa, Arabia and India were long-legged, hardy goats that had some characteristics desired by goat breeders in England. English breeders crossed these imported bucks on the common short-haired does of England prior to 1895 to develop the Anglo-Nubian goat. In the United States the breed is usually spoken of as the Nubian
-Roman nose and short-haired
-Any solid or parti-colored coat is permitted in the Anglo-Nubian, but black, red or tan are the most common colors, any of which may be carried on combination with white
-Usually there is shorter hair on the Anglo-Nubian males, particularly along the back and on the thigh
-The udder is capacious but is sometimes more pendulous than that of the Swiss breeds
-A mature doe should stand at least 30 inches at the withers and weigh 135 pounds or over, while the males should stand at least 35 inches at the withers and weigh at least 175 pounds
-The head is the distinctive breed characteristic, with the facial profile between the eyes and the muzzle being strongly convex
-The ears are long (extending at least one inch beyond the muzzle when held flat along the face), wide and pendulous. They lie close to the head at the temple and flare slightly out and well forward at the rounded tip, forming a "bell" shape. The ears are not thick, with the cartilage well defined
-The hair is short, fine and glossy