Tenerife Goat Capra aegagrus hircus

There are 3 breeds of Canary Islands rock goat which pre-dated the Spanish conquest of the Guanche people of the islands: the Tinerfeña (Tenerife), Majorera (Fuerteventura), and Palmera (La Palma) - with the Paleocanaria goat as a common ancestor, possibly derived from the Sahelian goat of Africa and introduced by Berber settlers. Shown are the Tinerfeña breed of Tenerife.

The goats provide milk (mainly for local cheese), meat and hides.

Many are allowed to roam over Tenerife's rocky hillsides and ravines, tended by one or more herdsmen. Like all goats they are sure-footed and eat most vegetation.

Goats, important to the local economy, have right of way on the roads.