Morocco leather is derived from which animal?

Morocco leather is derived from goats. It is highly prized and shipped all over the world. It is considered a top quality, beautiful, and buttery soft type of leather. The main source of most top quality morocco leather comes from the Sokoto Red breed of goat, which is indigenous to Guinea and Sudan Savannah of Nigeria and the Maradi Region of Niger.

Most animal experts note that the Red Maradi goat is distinguishable from other species by its much larger weight, conformation, prolificacy, and red color from which it has earned its name. Phenotypically, the animal is harmonious and fairly slender. The head is deemed fine, the front rounded, covered in hair which is longer and darker in the male than in the female. The ears are long, horizontal or drooping. The chamfer is straight, sometimes sub-concave but moderately developed. The horns, slightly thick, are always present and flattened backward with very close insertion points, offering a slight twisting motion which diverges at their end. The neck is short, and the animal has a wide chest, withers well wrapped, and a straight back.

The coat or wool on Red Maradi goats is uniform and shiny with mahogany tints. The hair is short, dense on a soft skin, and any extension will have a light coloring in the fur. The appearance in faded areas of the coat may have white hairs. This can mark an unacceptable decline in the purity of the coat or wool. Males with darker shade of wool can also have fur with black dorsal stripes.