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Option 3 : Kashmiri goat
The correct answer is Kashmiri Goat.
- Pashmina comes from an animal fibre known as Cashmere wool.
- It is derived from the Changthangi goat of the Kashmir and Ladakh region.
- In August 2013 Kashmiri Pashmina was given GI tag.
- Pashmina has also been accredited by the Guinness Book of World Records for being the costliest cloth in the world.
- The word Pashmina comes from the Persian word 'Pashm' which means 'soft gold'.
- the Pashmina goat belongs to the Capra hircus species.
- The herder tribes who herd Changthangi goats (Pashmina Goats)are known as Changpa.
- These goats are neither too large nor of small stature, and their height ranges from 60 to 80 cm.
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