[History of the Turkish angora goat with remarks on the wild ancestor of the domestic coat].

The study describes the ancient (3000 B.C.-15th/16th Century A.D.) and the more recent (16th-20th Century A.D.) history of the Turkish Angora goat as based on a broad and intensive evaluation of relevant literature. Moreover, important structural features of the typical biotope of this caprine breed are explained, essential basic information from a comparative zoological point of view is added with regard to the development of goat domestication, and specific details relating to the history of civilization are supplied. For a better understanding of all the different topics dealt with, selected and mostly original illustrations are included.