Males are larger than females and have a greater live weight. The body shape is roundish and the skeleton is bigger than in females.
Horns are large and variable in shape.
Males back is long, straight and wider than in females. Don goats are predominantly black, but they are sometimes white. Don goats have the highest wool production among all goat breeds, though with significant individual deviations. As is known, in all other cashmere breeds and related varieties the guard hairs are much longer than the wool fibres. In this respect Don goats is that, compared with other breeds and varieties, the wool is coarser and not uniform in fineness.