Changthangi

The Changthangi or Changpa is a breed of cashmere goat native to the high plateaus of Ladakh in northern India. It is closely associated with the nomadic Changpa people of the Changthang plateau. It may also be known as the Ladakh Pashmina or Kashmiri.

Changthangi
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk: 59 
  • DAD-IS (2020): not at risk
Other names
  • Changra
  • Kashmiri
  • Ladakh Pashmina
Country of originIndia
DistributionLadakh
Use
  • pashmina
  • meat
  • pack animal
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    20.37 kg
  • Female:
    19.75 kg
Height
  • 49–52 cm: 369 
Skin colourwhite or light brown: 369 
Wool colourusually white, also black, brown or grey: 369 
Horn statushorned in both sexes

The intense cold of the region causes the goats to grow a thick undercoat, which is harvested to produce the fine pashmina grade of cashmere. In the twenty-first century the quality of the pashmina is threatened by global climate change; approximately three quarters of Indian pashmina production is from these goats. They are also used as pack animals and for meat.: 369 

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