Type of domestic goat derived from feral goats isolated on San Clemente Island, one of the Channel Islands off the coast of California

Small, fine-boned, and deer-like

Males sport outwardly-twisting, Spanish-type horns

Both sexes are horned and although their large horns resemble those of Spanish goats, San Clemente goats are not of Spanish origin.

When the U.S. Navy became responsible for the island in 1934, hunting and trapping of the goats was allowed up until 1972. At this time a survey concluded that there were 15,000 goats on the island and that they represented a nuisance to native plants and wildlife. As a result, a systematic removal program was begun to reduce the goat population. By 1980 an estimated 4,000 goats still remained on the island.