Are sheep and goats the same?

While sheep and goats seem similar and can be mated, they belong to different genera in the subfamily Caprinae of the family Bovidae. Sheep belong to the genus Ovis and have 54 chromosomes, while goats belong to the genus Capra and have 60 chromosomes. The offspring of a sheep-goat pairing is generally stillborn.Click to see full answer. Keeping this in view, what is the difference between the sheep and the goats?A main difference between the two is how they forage. Sheep are grazers; they ramble slowly eating short plants close to the ground. Goats are browsers; they look for leaves, twigs, vines, and shrubs. And their agility allows them to attain charming positions in pursuit of their forage, as the goat kids display below.Secondly, which is better sheep or goats? Goats are generally easier to handle than sheep during routine procedures, like deworming, vaccinating and hoof trimming, because frightened sheep, even if they’re usually tame, run and run. Thereof, are sheep and goats the same species? First of all, no: goats and sheep don’t belong to the same species. However, they are closely related. Both of them belong to the cattle family, Bovidae, and the goat-antelope subfamily, Caprinae. The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) is believed to descend from the mouflon.Do sheep climb like goats?Yep, sheep climb, jump, crawl through fences, and chow down on gardens every bit as much as goats do. They’re just not as pushy about it.